BCCI’s Rs 1cr, a balm of sorts!
Updated On: 21 July, 2024 07:40 AM IST | Mumbai | Sunil Gavaskar
Aunshuman Gaekwad, who is battling cancer, has been a player, selector, coach and administrator. You name it and he has done it all for the Board and Indian cricket
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Aunshuman Gaekwad. Pic/mid-day archives
Two opening batters of my generation with the same unflinching determination never to give their wickets away are undergoing a serious health crisis, which is far more lethal than any bowling attack they have faced anywhere in the world.
Sir Geoffrey Boycott has just undergone surgery for throat cancer, which he had successfully battled over 20 years back and came out the winner. With the dreaded disease returning and him being in his 80s, it will require all the courage and never-give-up attitude to get to the ultimate century, the century of life.
Aunshuman Gaekwad who opened in several Test matches with me, is the other opener who is facing the bouncers and beamers of the same ailment and as he did during his playing days, taking the blows and still hanging in there and not giving his wicket away.
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