Updated On: 19 September, 2022 10:00 AM IST | Mumbai | Subodh Mayure
Gaekwad, 69, was India’s highest scorer with 81, before getting severely injured when speedster Michael Holding’s bouncer struck his ear. The injury put him in the ICU for the next three days

Karsan Ghavri (left), Anshuman Gaekwad and Dilip Vengsarkar during a felicitation function at Vile Parle on Saturday. Pic/Ashish Raje
India opener Anshuman Gaekwad, who took several blows on his body during India’s 1975-76 WI tour, on Saturday recalled the ‘bloodbath’ during the fourth Test at Sabina Park in Jamaica.
Gaekwad was speaking at the Ageas Federal Life Insurance felicitation function where former India left-arm pacer Umesh Kulkarni and he were felicitated by ex-India captain Dilip Vengsarkar and pacer Karsan Ghavri at the Lokmanya Seva Sangh in Vile Parle on Saturday.