Legendary Indian opener Sunil Gavaskar may have made 70's fiery West Indian bowling line up look ordinary, but his former teammate Ravi Shastri has disclosed the little master's fear for 'Bouncer and Beamer'.
"For someone who has never been bothered by bouncers and beamers hurled at him by rival fast bowlers, Gavaskar is very scared of dogs. Every time he come across my pets, 'Bouncer and Beamer', he breaks outs in sweat," Shastri wrote in a new book 'Sunil Gavaskar: Cricket's Little Master' as a tribute to mark the 60th birthday of the Mumbai batsman.
"They keep him on his toes all the time," he said.
Legendary England all rounder Ian Botham also confirmed Gavaskar's fear for dogs.
"One day he went to a phone booth outside Tauton. As he entered the booth, I kept a dog outside... Sunny was so scared of dogs that he stayed inside the booth for two hours," he said.
Gavaskar's another teammate, Arun Lal shared with readers that the highly successful cricketer took failures in his stride by singing songs.
"He handled failures brilliantly. He usually did so by singing songs and taking a long shower. That was his 'cooling down process'," he revealed.
None other than Lata Mangeshkar certifies the cricketer's crooning abilities better as she wrote "Sunil can really sing very well".
Sourav Ganguly feels Gavaskar's "wit and humour are legendary, which means there is no dull moment when he is around".
But the major surprise was in store in Milind Rege's piece in which he says his friend Gavaskar was among the crowd shown in the 'Dum Maaro Dum' song from Dev Anand's superhit film of 70's 'Hare Rama Hare Krishna'.
"At college, he had this deep desire to act in films.
When the film song 'Dum Maaro Dum' was to be shot, Dev Anand had come to our college looking for youngsters to be a part of the mob scene.
"My friend had vanished from college and went for a screen test for the shot. So if you ever see Sunil somewhere in the corner with a chillum in his hand, don't be surprised," Rege said.
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