Statistician Gopal Krishna officiates 100th international match

The historic India-Afghanistan Test match marked a rare milestone for veteran cricket statistician H R Gopala Krishna as he officiated in his 100th international game.

Krishna, who has officiated as many as 38 Test matches, 57 ODIs and five T20s including the ongoing Afghanistan Test, is also close to completing 50 years in the profession in December.

"I know it is Gopal Krishna's 100th international. I wish him good luck for his achievement," former India captain Sunil Gavaskar, who is a part of commentary team, said.

Reminiscing his association with Gavaskar, Krishna said he was very impressed with unearthing the legendary batsman's record of scoring 5,000 Test runs in the 1979-80 India-Australia Test match at Chinnaswamy stadium.

Krishna also credited Gavaskar for boosting his confidence.

"Sunil mentioned me in his Sports World column. This gave me lot of happiness and a boost to do more in the field of scoring and statistics, which was just growing in India,"Krishna said.

Gavaskar was also instrumental in establishing a link between Krishna and Dom Mores, who Krishna helped with the compilation of statistics for the the biography "Sunil Gavaskar".

The book was released during the Jaipur Test between India and Pakistan in 1986-87 and the first recipient of the book was former Pakistan President Zia Ul Haq.

"That was proudest moment for me," Krishna added.

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