Why Sunil Gavaskar named his son after West Indies great Rohan Kanhai

Sunil Gavaskar was a great batsman. He made 100 runs at Bourda with   4 chances.  When he went to England he failed miserable.  He never shine at Lord's.

I remembered in one match which stand out to me.

Radio announcer:

 John Snow runs in  bowls to  Gavasker, and Gavaskar moves late accross the line of the ball and his middle stump went for a walk..  

Many babies were named after Rohan Kanhai. Rohan Singh of the PPP/C is one of them.

Kanhai himself was named after a Dr Rohan, a white man who practised medicine in Guyana during colonial time.

Some three decades ago I was looking to buy a property in an area north of Atlanta. I worked with a broker from Texas by the name of Billy Spain.  He had two Guyanese real estate agents working for him.  The two gentlemen were from Berbice.  One name Balgobin and the other Ram..  This is how I came up with the alias Billy Ram Balgobin.

Rohan Kanhai and Alvin Kalicharran are related to Moses Nagamootoo. 

Moses have a lot of distant relatives including me.  Madrassies marry other Madrassies all over Guiana, most commonly Enmore.

I just noticed online that Bob Marley and Alvin Kallicharran also named their sons after Rohan Kanhai.

@seignet posted:

Moses have a lot of distant relatives including me.  Madrassies marry other Madrassies all over Guiana, most commonly Enmore.

Only I can say that you are a cousin of a great man, Moses Nagamootoo. I don't let politics distort my judgment. 

Does anyone know Kanhai's middle name?

@kp posted:

Does anyone know Kanhai's middle name?

Is it Babulaal?

@Mitwah posted:

Is it Babulaal?

Bholalall. But many would refer to him as the Babu.

@Former Member posted:

Only I can say that you are a cousin of a great man, Moses Nagamootoo. I don't let politics distort my judgment. 

Do you judge greatness according to the degree of NEE NEE NEEMAKARAMISM?????  Has to be!!!!!!!!

Kanhai encouraged many young players regardless of team. He did it many times for Jamaican players. In Jamaica vs Guyana.

@Prashad posted:

Kanhai encouraged many young players regardless of team. He did it many times for Jamaican players. In Jamaica vs Guyana.

Yuh think he sellout some matches to India and Jamaica? Sometimes he got outed stupidly. Mek yuh wonda wha bin pass thru he mind. 😁

The man had a young Jamaican wife and a bunch of young Jamaican kids in the 1980s. Obviously that is where the man's heart is.

@Prashad posted:

The man had a young Jamaican wife and a bunch of young Jamaican kids in the 1980s. Obviously that is where the man's heart is.

Me like how yuh ansa me kwestion. 😁

@Nehru posted:

Do you judge greatness according to the degree of NEE NEE NEEMAKARAMISM?????  Has to be!!!!!!!!

If you have a brother that dedicated his life to you and your family, and due to family disagreement, he decided to follow to bad companay. You may forsake him, but you will never considered him a neemakaram. If you practice to hate your own people, it would be easier for you to dislike others.

@kp posted:

Does anyone know Kanhai's middle name?

Bholalall better known as Babulall.