From Puttaparthi... Sunil Gavaskar & His Mother...

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saiprashanthi gurukulam <saiprashanthi.gurukulam wrote: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 11:45:59 +0530"saiprashanthi gurukulam" <saiprashanthi.gurukulamFROM PUTTAPARTHI...SUNIL GAVASKAR & HIS MOTHER... THE CRICKETING LEGEND WITH SWAMY… That morning, Meenal, Sunil Gavaskar's mother was working in the kitchen & when she looked up, she was astonished to find a red-robed figure standing against the wall in front of her! With a thick mop of curly hair on His head, he had a bewitching smile on His face. He stood looking at her with His right hand raised in blessing. She had never seen Him before and she did not know who he

was & so was shaken up. Before he disappeared, he said in a sweet voice in Marathi language, "Do not worry, just wait and watch; he will score a century!" Meenal was both shocked and puzzled, but was also elated by the magnanimous blessing. She wondered how it could come true since Sunil was not even in the playing eleven!!! She walked down to the newspaper-stall

in the street outside her building where posters of Gods and Goddesses were also sold. The shopkeeper also could not identify the person whom Meenal tried to describe with her words and gestures. A search in a second shop too did not yield any result. On the way back home, she went again to the first shop. He obliged her by going through all the posters once again. Meenal's heart jumped for joy when she noticed the photo in the stack! The name – Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba – was printed at the bottom of the poster. The posture of Baba in the poster was the same as in the vision that she had in the kitchen! As Meenal came back home and put the poster in the same place where she had seen the vision, the phone started ringing. It was Sunil; he wanted her to get these leg-guards immediately to the stadium. He was included in the playing eleven at the last minute since Ajit Wadekar, the skipper of the team, was injured

in the nets that morning!!! She rushed to the stadium but Sunil had already opened the batting, putting on the leg-guards of Ajit Wadekar! Sunil was 71 not out at lunch and he went on to complete his century after lunch. For the mother, the prediction of Baba had come true. There was no stopping Sunil after that match & he soon became a NATIONAL HERO. Gavaskar said, "I always carry a photograph of Baba with me wherever I go. The first thing I do in the morning when I get up is to offer my namaskar to Him; that is also my last act before I go to bed." He continued, "Also, when I failed in cricket or anywhere else in my life, I felt that He had done it with a purpose to teach me some lesson. May be I was growing too big for my boots or I got arrogant or felt proud of some achievement. Once Tony Cozier, the reputed cricket commentator was with Sunil Gavaskar and the diamond ring on Sunil's finger attracted the attention of Cozier and the camera. At once, the glittering diamond in the ring covered the full T.V. screen. Cozier asked Sunil. "How much does it cost?It is priceless, since it is gifted to me by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba!" said Sunil Gavaskar!!! PS: Attached are pictures of SUNIL GAVASKAR, KAPIL DAV, RAHUL DRAVID and SACHIN TENDULKAR with SWAMY!!! Source: http://www.indiadivine.org/audarya/ammachi/250549-swamis-cricket-leelas-thru-sunil-gavaskar.html