Legendary Indian opener Sunil Gavaskar may have made 70s 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 out in a sweat,” Ravi Shastri has written in a new book Sunil Gavaskar: Cricket’s Little Master, a tribute to mark his 60th birthday.

Former England all-rounder Ian Botham seconds Shastri on this count.
“One day he went to a phone booth outside Taunton. 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,” reveals Botham .