I was only 14 when Sunil Gavaskar became the first man to score 10,000 Test runs. I found it unbelievable and incredible.

But, there is nothing unbelievable about him being given BCCI’s highest honour — theu00a0CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement award — today. He richly deserves it.
I have been fortunate to have him as my sounding board all these years from Australia to Zimbabwe and every country in between.