Sunil Gavaskar — Indian Athlete born on July 10, 1949,

Sunil Manohar "Sunny" Gavaskar  pronunciation is an Indian former cricketer who played during the 1970s and 1980s for the Mumbai cricket team and Indian national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest opening batsmen in cricket history, Gavaskar set world records during his career for the most Test runs and most Test centuries scored by any batsman. He held the record of 34 Test centuries for almost two decades before it was broken by Sachin Tendulkar in December 2005. He was the first person to score centuries in both innings of a Test match thrice, but unlike Ricky Ponting and David Warner after him, none of his games yielded a win... (wikipedia)

Comparisons are really no good in sport, especially if it is a comparison between different eras and generations, for there are so many variables that come into play, starting from the quality of the opposition to playing conditions.
When you sit down and focus on the matches and series that took place during the 12 month period it strikes you just how broad the talent pool is in international cricket is today.