Records and accomplishments: Gavaskar was the first Test cricketer to score 10,000 runs. He held the record for the most test hundreds (34) until Sachin Tendulkar surpassed him in 2005. He smashed Donald Bradman's Test century record of 29 and went on to score 34. He has the most runs by a debutant (774). His average of 50.97 is the highest by any batsman who has played more than 10 matches. Gavaskar played all his tests for India, from 1st January 1971 to 30th April 1986. He scored 105 centuries in international cricket and remains the only player have scored century on his debut test match as well as retirement. He had scored thousands of runs in every season of his career except for the 1975-76 season when he was injured. In 1983, he became the first person to score 10000 runs in Test cricket. He retired after the 1986 tour of England when he was 40 years old. After retiring from playing, he took up coaching and was involved with the Indian team as a coach or consultant until 2001 when he stepped down due to health reasons. He died of cancer on 16 August 2006 at the age of 49. Gavaskar was named one of the five greatest batsmen of all time in 2004 by Cricinfo. He was also nominated for the Batsman of the Year award in 1981, 1984 and 1985.