Former Pakistan skipper, Inzamam-ul-Haq showered praises for the Indian legend, Sunil Gavaskar for his remarkable achievements, saying very few have managed to come equal to the Indian legend. Inzamam-ul-Haq said the worth of Sunil Gavaskar’s 10,122 Test runs is more than one can imagine it is as the former India opener had played in pitches that were way more difficult to bat on than the ones in the current era.

Sunil Gavaskar holds the record of becoming the first batsman to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket. The India great finished his career 10,122 runs in 125 Tests at a staggering average of over 51. Gavaskar amassed as many as 34 centuries and played some dominating cricket dominated bowling attacks, even the mighty ones from West Indies and Australia.

Gavaskar’s illustrious career of 16 years in 1987 with a home Test against Pakistan in Bengaluru. he failed to score a century by 4 runs in his final Test knock that went in vain.

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While talking on his Youtube channel, Inzamam said, “If you ask me, I’ll say Sunil’s 10,000 runs of that era are equal to today’s 15,000 to 16,000 runs. These can be more than that but not less in any way. There were several great players in his era as well as before that. There were batsmen like Javed Miandad, Viv Richards, Garry Sobers, and Don Bradman but none of them thought to reach the figure.”

Inzamam pointed out that the pitch conditions in modern-day cricket have become more batsman-friendly and Gavaskar thrived on difficult wickets, especially in overseas condtiions. Gavaskar has maintained an average of 50 at home and away but his average overseas — 52.11 was slightly better than at home – 50.16. Sunil Gavaskar amassed 18 centuries overseas while 16 came at home.

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Describing the same, Inzamam ul Haq said, “If your form is good you can even score 1000 to 1500 runs in a season. But when Sunil was batting, the situation was not like that. Today purely batting wickets are prepared so that you can continue scoring runs. The ICC also wants to see batsmen doing that so that spectators are entertained. But in the past wickets were not so easy to bat on, especially when you were playing outside the subcontinent.”