The Golden Era of Dr.IR and Dr.SPB

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App, nAn nakkeeran illai(adhu vERa hubber) but unga pAttula pizhai irukku.
Sunil Gavaskar made his first WI tour in 1971 - that was his first ever tour infact; infact, that was his first ever series at home or abroad - not 1977. He made like 770 odd runs in that series, which I believe is still the Indian record for a series.

But in general, people also say now that he made his runs in West Indies in 1971 and 77 when the bowling attack was not as fearsome as later tours(only one I guess) which he didnt do that well in.
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Reg Poo Pole, the pathos version is an absolute favourite. More than the happy version because as usual, IR puts in some heart-tugging matter in the strings. Even at an young age whence I couldnt have understood the emotion of an estranged father to a daughter - who has reasons to hate him - it tugged some strings in the heart. You felt oddly melancholic. As my relation with IR has always been that he digs up such unknown emotions in my heart with his music, I tend to place greater value on that aspect.