Former Indian cricketer and Team India head coach Anshuman Gaikwad passed away

Former Indian cricketer and Team India head coach Anshuman Gaikwad passed away late Wednesday night at the age of 71. He was suffering from blood cancer for a long time. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) also helped Gaikwad with Rs 1 crore for his treatment.

Apart from this, members of the 1983 World Cup winning team also helped Gaikwad. He also underwent treatment for blood cancer at King's College Hospital in London in June 2024. After this he returned to India. After his death on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said - Gaikwad was a gifted player.

Former batsman Gaikwad was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the BCCI in 2018.

Gaikwad was called Sunil Gavaskar's right hand

Anshuman Gaikwad was the opening partner of legendary cricketer Sunil Gavaskar. He was called Sunil Gavaskar's 'right hand'. Gaikwad was a batsman of defensive technique. He was also called 'The Great Wall'.

• Gaikwad batted for 671 minutes to score 201 runs against Pakistan in the Jalandhar Test match in 1983-84. This was the slowest double century in first class cricket at that time.

• In 1976, the Indian team toured the West Indies. In the fourth Test match of this series, a ball from Michael Holding hit Gaikwad's ear. He had to go to the hospital.

• In June 2018, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) honored Gaikwad with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Anshuman Gaikwad Cricket Career

Format	Matches	Runs	Average	Centuries	Half-Centuries	Best Score
Test	40	1985	30.07	2	10	201
ODI	15	269	20.69	0	0	78

Gaikwad played 40 Tests and 15 ODIs

Anshuman has played a total of 40 Test matches and 15 ODIs for Team India in his career. He made his Test cricket debut against West Indies in Kolkata on 27 December 1974. At the same time, in 1984, he played his last Test match against England in Kolkata. Gaikwad scored 1985 runs in his Test career at an average of 30.07. This includes 2 centuries and 10 half-centuries. His best score was 201 runs, which he made against Pakistan.

Gaikwad scored 269 runs in 15 ODIs at an average of 20.69. Apart from this, Anshuman scored 12,136 runs in 206 first class matches at an average of 41.56. In first class, he scored 34 centuries and 47 half-centuries. During this, his best score was 225 runs. Apart from this, Gaikwad also played 55 List-A matches, in which he scored a total of 1601 runs at an average of 32.67.

Gaikwad was the head coach of cricket from 1997 to 1999

Gaikwad's cricket career includes 22 years of 205 first-class matches. Gaikwad was also the head coach of the Indian team from 1997-99. Under his coaching, the team was runner-up in the ICC Champions Trophy in 2000. Under his coaching, Anil Kumble took all 10 wickets in an innings against Pakistan in the 1999 Feroz Shah Kotla Test match.

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