Sunil Gavaskar, who was the first batsman to reach 10,000 career runs in Test cricket, said that circumstances and a "lack of confidence" in his ability stopped him from doing that in his playing days. "The way you see a Rohit Sharma opening the batting in one-day cricket, Test cricket, smashing from the first over," Gavaskar said.

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/would-have-loved-to-bat-like-rohit-sharma-sunil-gavaskar/articleshow/77700028.cms