Manohar Gavaskar, father of the legendary Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar, passed away here on Wednesday afternoon following a cardiac arrest.
Manohar, 88, had come to Bangalore along with his wife to attend the thread ceremony of their grandson Daivik Viswanath, son of another Indian batting legend GR Viswanath who is married to Gavaskar’s sister Kavita.
In fact it was Gavaskar’s mother who wasn’t keeping well for a few days and it had left the Viswanath household a bit concerned but the family plunged into grief after her husband breathed his last on Wednesday.
Gavaskar, who is in Dubai, was expected to arrive here early on Thursday and the last rites will take place later in the day.