Sir Gary Sobers is no more… Great all-rounder dies at the age of 89, died 11 days before his birthday

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The greatest all-rounder in cricket history, Sir Garfield Sobers i.e. Gary Sobers is no more. Former West Indies captain Sir Gary Sobers passed away at the age of 89. Sobers died due to age related problems. He was going to turn 90 on July 28 but he died on July 17, 11 days before his birthday. Gary Sobers, who came from Barbados and ruled the cricket world, is counted among the greatest players in the history of cricket. He was also the captain of West Indies for a long time.

Born on 28 July 1936 in St. Michael, Barbados, Garfield Sobers entered first class cricket in 1952 and then made his Test cricket debut in 1954. From here onwards, for the next 20 years, Sobers made Test cricket memorable with his tremendous batting and amazing bowling. Sobers, who batted with his left hand and bowled medium pace with his left hand and also sometimes spin, was equally excellent in fielding. This is the reason why he is considered the most successful all-rounder in cricket history.

Sir Sobers also commanded the West Indies cricket team from 1965 to 1972 and during this period he led the West Indies team in 39 matches. Not only this, he was the first batsman to hit 6 consecutive sixes in a single over in any type of cricket. He did this historic feat in a County Championship match in Cardiff. His batting was so amazing that Sobers’ average in Test cricket was 57.78, whereas in first class cricket it was 54.87.

There are many examples and symbols of Sobers’ greatness but the biggest honor was given to him by the ICC. When ICC started its annual awards, the biggest award i.e. Cricketer of the Year was named after Sobers. This is called Sir Garfield Sobers Cricketer of the Year Award.

(This is breaking news and is being updated)

Sumit Sundriyal

Sumit Sundriyal

Presently I am working as Assistant News Editor (Sports) in TV9 Hindi (Sports 9). Reaching here started from 2009, when I took admission in Mass Media Honors Course (2009-12) at Jamia Millia Islamia. Then in 2013, he completed Post-Graduation Diploma in Hindi Journalism from Indian Institute of Mass Communication. It was from here in 2013 that he entered professional journalism for the first time and first made a place in News 18 India TV channel. Before taking entry in digital journalism, he spent about 6 years in the TV industry, where he worked on the assignment desk. While at the assignment desk, gathering information is the most important task and it is the responsibility to check every aspect of that news and take it forward. Did the same thing while working at News 18 India. After this, the fascination with sports and sports news turned towards digital journalism and a new journey began. It started during IPL 2019, when Quint joined Hindi. After writing sports news with Quint for a year, he established a relationship with TV9 Hindi to achieve a new position in this work. For the last 3 years, I have been bringing every small, big, serious and funny sports news to you here and am constantly trying to present it in a better way.

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