Inzamam-ul-Haq predicts Sunil Gavaskar would've scored 15-16k runs in modern-day Tests

Team India's legendary batsman Sunil Gavaskar was considered one of best batsmen during 1980's and was instrumental in India winning 1983 World Cup. Apart from winning World Cup, Sunil Gavaskar also became first batsman ever to score 10,000 Test runs. He achieved feat in a match against Pakistan, which happened to bee his 124th Test. Heaping praise on Sunil Gavaskar's achievement, former Pakistan skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq said that former India opener had done unthinkable by scoring 10,000 runs in Test cricket back n.

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Inzamam-ul-Haq on Sunil Gavaskar's batting record 

While talking on his YouTube channel, Inzamam-ul-Haq said that re were several great players in Gavaskar's era as well, naming likes of Javed Miandad, Viv Richards, Garry Sobers and Don Bradman but ne of m could reach 10,000-run mark in Tests, which couldn't make m match  former India captain.

He furr said that Sunil Gavaskar’s 10,000 runs of that era are equal to today’s 15,000 to 16,000 runs which can be more than that but t less in anyway. This made him hint that Sunil Gavaskar could have equalled or broken Sachin Tendulkar's record of 15.921 runs in longest format of game, which is quite a bold statement. 

While talking about pitches Sunil Gavaskar batted on, Inzamam said that those were t so flat, especially while playing outside sub-continent. He added that today, batting-friendly wickets are prepared so that batsmen can continue scoring runs. ICC also wants spectators to be entertained, which is why skill has become much easier today, according to Inzamam.

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Sunil Gavaskar stats

Coming to Sunil Gavaskar stats, former India skipper finished his career with 10,122 runs in 125 Tests at an aver of 51.12. He also scored 34 hundreds in his career which were a record at that time too. Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar currently leads run-scoring charts with 15,921 runs in 200 Tests, with 51 Test hundreds.

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Sachin Tendulkar centuries 

Coming to Sachin Tendulkar centuries, Master Blaster during his 24-year international journey, amassed 34,357 international runs across 200 Tests, 463 ODIs and one T20I to lead all-time run-scoring charts. former Indian captain also registered 51 centuries in Tests and 49 tons in ODIs. With 100 international centuries, he is currently 29 centuries ahead of second-placed Ricky Ponting (71) and 30 tons ahead of his contemporary, Virat Kohli (70).

Inzamam-ul-Haq on being troubled by Sachin Tendulkar 

Back in February, while speaking on his YouTube channel Inzamam ul Haq had praised Sachin Tendulkar for his bowling saying that  India cricket legend troubled him more as a bowler than likes of Australian great Shane Warne. Inzamam-ul-Haq had said that Sachin Tendulkar was a genius cricketer who could bowl leg-spin, off-spin and medium pace. He said that he faced many great leg-spinners and never had troubles in reading ir googlies but it was only Tendulkar who troubled him and got him out many times.

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