MUMBAI: Cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar celebrated the 50th anniversary of his India debut on Saturday by making his debut on social media by joining Instagram on Saturday.
Gavaskar’s son Rohan, a former India cricketer, announced on twitter the news of the opening great joining Instagram. In his first social media post, Gavaskar, shared a picture of himself from his playing days and wrote “Hello Instagram. I think I’m ready for another debut… #SMG10K”
“Another debut !! This time on Instagram,” Rohan tweeted.

Within a day of his joining Instagram, the former India captain’s account had 7, 856 followers (at the time of writing this).

On Saturday, Gavaskar was felicitated by the BCCI for completing 50 years since his Test debut during the fourth and final Test between India and England in Ahmedabad. he had made his international debut on March 6 against the West Indies at Port of Spain in 1971, and went on to score 774 runs in his maiden Test series.

Gavaskar was the first batsman to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket. He scored 34 Test hundreds in 125 Tests. He was also a part of the Indian team which won the country’s maiden World Cup in 1983.