On this day in 1975, Gavaskar made 36 off 174 in an ODI

Sunil Gavaskar on this day in 1975 played a knock which will go down the history. In an ODI game against England, the Indian opening batter scored just 36 runs off 174 balls. At those times ODIs were off 60 overs.

1st innings

England after having won the toss elected to bat first and scored 334 runs thanks to a great century by England’s opening batter, Dennis Amiss. Amiss scored 137 runs in just 147 balls. He hit 18 fours in that knock. He was involved in a 176 runs partnership with England’s number three batter, Keith Fletcher. Fletcher scored 68 runs in 107 balls. Later in the innings left-handed batter, Chris Old played a great cameo as he scored 51 runs in just 30 runs.

India’s right-arm medium pacer, Syed Abid Ali was the pick of the bowlers. He took two wickets in his full quota of 12 overs while conceding just 58 runs. Pacers Madan Lal and Mohinder Amarnath also picked up one wicket each.

1st Innings scorecard

Batting Scorecard

Batter	Dismissal	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
John Jameson	c Venkataraghavan b Amarnath	21	42	2	0	50
Dennis Amiss	b Madan Lal	137	147	18	0	93.19
Keith Fletcher	b Abid Ali	68	107	4	1	63.55
Tony Greig	lbw b Abid Ali	4	8	0	0	50
Mike Denness (C)	Not Out	37	31	2	1	119.35
Chris Old	Not Out	51	30	4	2	170

Extras: 16

Bowling Scorecard

Bowler	Overs	Runs	Wickets	Maidens	Economy
Madan Lal	12	64	1	1	5.33
Mohinder Amarnath	12	60	1	2	5
Syed Abid Ali	12	58	2	0	4.83
Karsan Ghavri	11	83	0	1	7.54
Srinivas Venkataraghavan	12	41	0	0	3.41
Eknath Solkar	1	12	0	0	12

2nd Innings

Chasing 335 India never got to a great start as batters failed to make any great score. Indian opening batter, Sunil Gavaskar scored just 36 runs in 174 balls. In his innings, he played nearly 150 dot balls. Gavaskar failed to provide a start for India chasing such a big total. Gavaskar even after remaining not out for the entirety of the innings only managed to just a solitary boundary. The only Indian batter to score at a strike rate of more than 50 was Gundappa Vishwanath. Gundappa scored 37 runs in 59 balls.

For England, pacers Geoff Arnold, Chris Old and Peter Lever took one wicket each.

2nd Innings scorecard

Batting scorecard

Batter	Dismissal	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
Sunil Gavaskar	Not Out	36	174	1	0	20.68
Eknath Solkar	c Lever b Arnold	8	34	0	0	23.52
Anshuman Gaekwad	c Knott b lever	22	46	2	0	47.82
Gundappa Vishwanath	c Fletcher b Old	37	59	5	0	62.71
Brijesth Patel	Not Out	16	57	0	0	28.07

Extras: 13

Bowling scorecard

Bowler	Overs	Runs	Wickets	Maidens	Economy
John Snow	12	24	0	2	2
Geoff Arnold	10	20	1	2	2
Chris Old	12	26	1	4	2.16
Tony Greig	9	26	0	1	2.88
Barry Wood	5	4	0	2	0.80
Peter Lever	10	16	1	0	1.60
John Jameson	2	3	0	1	1.50