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Amitabh Bachchan presented golden bats to Sunil Gavaskar and Gundappa Vishwanath during the celebration of 60 years of life of two of India's greatest cricketers. The stage was also shared by Sachin Tendulkar who was the chief guest at the function.
Amitabh Bachchan did the honours by presenting Sunny and Vishy with golden bats. All the four greats received a standing ovation from the distinguished audience at the Rangasharda auditorium.
Vishwanath on Gavaskar said,” He was an amazing player who faced fast bowling all over the world with courage, pride and determination. I admired his tremendous powers of concentration and his ability to pick the length of the ball.”
On his part, Gavaskar recalled , "In my days, they used to have a fast bowlers' union whereby no fast bowler would bowl a bouncer at any of his opponent. But now things are different. I can retaliate."
Big B said, "Even as I sit between these distinguished people, I have butterflies in my stomach. I don't know what to say. But, it's good to have butterflies for any performer to perform under pressure.”. Tendulkar endorsing Amitabh’s views said, "It's important to be nervous because when I am nervous I know I want to do well."
The Bollywood Icon said that he was privileged to have spent more time with Sunil. "He would call me on every birthday and I called him on his birthday. And it was Sunil who started it.”
