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CHAPTER - 1, , , , MY FIRST STEPS, , (Sunil Gavaskar), , Summary:, on Gunil Gavaskar popularly known as “little Master", was born on, july 10, 1949. His full name is Sunil Manohar Gavaskar. Sunil, Gavaskar expresses gratitude to his uncle Mr. Narayan Masurekar, for helping him. It is due to him that he became a criketer and, writer. ‘, , Narayan Masurekar noticed the hole on the left ear, lobe of new born baby. If he had not detected it Gavaskar would, have become a fisherman. Gavaskar recollects his childhood, cricket playing days, One day his ball broke his mother’s nose. He =, was frightened. But his mother did not bother. She washed her, face and when bleéding stopped. They continued the game., Cricket was in his blood. His parents helped him in the game. His, , * uncle Madhav Mantri played for India in four “official tours”. He, advised the author to (Sunil Gavaskar) work hard and sweat to get, i india colours. Sunil Gavaskar did not forget his advice. From the 4, beginning Gavaskar wanted to become a batsman, he hated losing, ‘is wicket. He would fight and quit the field. This brought the, game to an end. Other boys called him names and his cricket, friends were Ambaye brothers, the Mandrekar brothers etc., Gavaskar used to visit his uncle. He was attracted by, indian pullovers which his uncle kept. He was fascinated by many, > souvenirs and trophies that his uncle had won.. What he liked the, most was the stumps bearing the autographs of the 1952 India, | and England teams. From the childhood he wanted to become a, batsman., 4949 €4JOOL] 10 MIM MM NAOMdd exrayos., RMajmyson PRYSTOOAOH @SM} Oalal aMMMoe wBio@o, , , , _- ohana emma

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| Abrupt - AlOY oH DID. MGADOS9IDID, Oalogens, , Curse - MIalo, Wafenes, , 4, Tremendous - GHOINWAMAI, GNOINeonow Q, , Ans, Whatis an Autobiography?, , An Autobiography is aself-written account of the life of one self. tan, : : Or “, , An account of a person's life written by that person An, , Or |, , BQ} ANAM) MITMAID! ay} Oly OH RTAaIOlMs. GHOMN&1IO AN, Read the passage carefully and the answer the following, questions:, , (Passage 1: | may never have become a cricketer and this book, would certainly not have been written, if an eagle-eyed relation,, Mr. Narayan Masurekar, had not come into my life the day | was, born (July 10, 1949). It seems that Nan-Kaka (as | call him), who, had come to see me in hospital on my first day in this world, Z\c, noticed a little hole.near the top of my left ear lobe. The next day =, he.came again and picked up the baby lying on the crib nexttomy __A, mother. To his ‘utter horror e discovered that the baby did not sage!, have the hole on the left ear lobe. A frantic search of all the cribs in, , the hospital followed, and | was eventually located sleeping, , blissfully. beside a fisher woman, totall pe Q;, , a , obl, , commotion | had caused! The mix-up, it cae soa —_ Ar, ” Q., , the babies had been given their bath. ), , uestion and Answers, 0.3 was sunilGavaskar born? Al, Ans. Sunil Gavaskar was born on 10" July 1949,, _2/What did Sunil's uncle Mr. Narayan, a to see the baby in hospital? yan Masurekar Notice when he, Ans. The baby had alittle hole on his left ear lobe, Q.3/4)What was the horrible thing that happene, b) Where was the missing baby found?, Ans. a) The baby got by Mistake exchanged with one an othe, 6 : r, , Ppenedthe next day?, , ae < Sg

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b) The baby was sleeping next to the fisher woman., Q.4. Find words from the passage which means the same as;, , 3) looking at things with great attention and noticing small details., Ans. Eagle-eyed, , b) unaware of whatis happening, Ans. Oblivious (aoalmss, UP MoOGeUOWAMa@M), , c) unknown ; nor will be known, , Ans. Observe, d)ashort period, , , , Ans. Aspell E50, *Passage 2: Providence had helped ume to retain my true, identity, ang, in,the srocessPO ee" the course of my life. |, have often wondered what would have happened if nature, |.ad not 'marke?' me out, and given me my ‘guard’ by giving, me that small hole on my left ear lobe, and if Nan-Kaka had, not noticed this abnormality. Perhaps, | wo Id pave ro, Te HSS, up to bean Obscute fisherman, Tol St fone tene eee, A\omrct Coxe And, what about the baby who, for a spell, took, lace? | do not know if he is interested in cricket, or, , ws, oo ;, ode ghier he will ever read this book. | can only hope that, ifhe- ‘, does, he will start taking a little more interest in Sunil :, , Gavaskar. ja, Q.1, How did the nature markhim out?, Ans. The nature marked him out by giving a holein left earlobe., Q.2. If Nan-kaka had not noticed the hole on his ear where would he —, , hail, , , , , , be living? f 4 ote, Ans. In eat cae he would have been a fisherman, with the fisher, ee most vivid recollection of my child po, , *p ; My e ), cricket pla days is the time | almost broke my?, , nose. She used to bow! to me inthe small ales e, Where we played our ‘daily match aa ", Since the area was small she —- rd, ratherlobthe —_ ball to me- Be

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r+, , aught her bang on the nose, which started bleedin, aio it =e tennis ball, the distance between th, two of us was very short, which accounts for :, force with which the ball hit her. | was frightened but she, shrugged it off washed her face and eae bleedin, stopped, we continued the game. But, for the rest of the, day it was only forward defence for me. | restraineg, , myself and played no attacking shot., Q.1,How did Gavaskar break his mother's nose?, Ais. He hit her with his ball on the nose while playing his daily, match with her intheir home., Q.2, What qualities of his mother’s character are brought out, \¥ through this part of the extract. Pick the 2 words/ phrases, the best describe her from the ones given below., Patient, encouraging, excellent cricketer, clever, unwilling, to cooperate, helpful, Ans. Patience (maomceonencouraging (¢..19@M0a01a 190300), Q. 3 . What did the author remember from his golden childhood, days regarding his playing?, Ans. The author has a recollection of an, broke his mother's nose., , Q.4. Did the author change his playing style after the accident?, , Ans. Yes, the author changed his playing sty, a 8 styl : ;, restraining himself from playing sic i: his accident by, Q.5. Where did he make the pitch at home? 8 shots., , Ans. He made the pitch in the small gall, er i, *Passage 4: Cricket, to use ac ¥Ofhis house,, , liché, is, was a good club cricketer in his days scene te . My father, at e, game. Even now we have interesting died n student of the, aspects of the game and | ha Ssions on various, , Ve found hi ye iS, the development of my career. And, as | eran invaluable in, ady said, | have, , incident when he almost, , poe = i four ‘official’, a ee fficial’

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ry successfully, was a force to reckon with, , mes, , Q.1 What does the author want to say by 'cricketin my blood'?, ans. The author wants to say by “ cricket in my blood” as his father was, , good club cricketer in his days anda keen student of thegame., Q.2. How did his father helped himtobe a good cricketer?, , ans. His father was a good cricketer in those days. He always got, , valuable advices to develop his careerasa cricketer,, Q.3. Who was Madhav Mantri?, , Ans. Madhav Manthri was author's uncle,, *Passage 5: | Whenever | went to my uncle's house my, favourite pastime used to be to take out his pullovers and caress, hem with a sense of longing. | was so attracted by the India, test pullovers that once | even dared to ask him if | could take, one, since he had so many. My uncle told me that one has to, sweat and earn the India ‘colours’ and | too should work hard to, earn the distinction. That is a lesion | have never forgotten., Looking back, | am gland that my uncle did not succumb to my, childish fancy and instead, taught me that there was no shortcut to the top. | was also fascinated by the many souvenirs he, had and the large number of trophies he had won. What | liked, most was the stump bearing the autographs of the 1952 India and, England teams, and | loved to linger over the autograph of, every player. o'$9°, , Q. LWhat did Gavaskar like to do Shenever i went to his uncle, , house? Why? ugh, , Ans. The author loved to take out his uncle's India test pullovers:, Q.2What was his uncles teaching?, Ans. His uncle taught Gavaskar to work hard for, , there is no short-cut to the top. ;, Q.3. What did the author like most?, Ans. The author liked stumps bearing the au, and Englandteams., , , , a distinction,, , a, , tographs of the 1952 India