During the course of his illustrious career, cricket great Sunil Gavaskar has been bestowed with many awards. This, however, is an honour which should make the batting legend's chest swell with pride. In a first for an Indian sportsperson, next month, the 68-year-old will inaugurate a newly-built stadium named after him in Louisville, Kentucky, in the US. The venue will be called the Sunil Gavaskar Field. The `Little Master' will thus join the club of West Indians Vivian Richards (Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Anituga) and Darren Sammy (Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in Gros Islet, St Lucia), as cricketers who've grounds named after them. The difference here is that Richards and Sammy have stadiums located in their home town, while the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Gavaskar's `home,' has only a stand named after the iconic opening batsman.
