Father-son duos to have featured in the IPL

In its long history dating back to 1877, cricket has seen many great players serving the sport to make it what it is today. There have also been families which have given more than one cricketer with multiple generations contributing to the game.

Several stories of fathers and sons representing their countries are a part of lore. Here are three such father-son duos who have featured in the Indian Premier League, not by virtue of both of them playing cricket, but being associated with the league in some way or the other.

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Sunil Gavaskar and Rohan Gavaskar

Sunil Manohar Gavaskar will always shine as one of the most momentous names in the history of Indian cricket. After serving a long career of astute batsmanship and creating several batting records, the 'Little Master' has not shied away from serving Indian cricket whenever the need be.

Speaking with regards to the IPL, the legendary batsman has been associated with the league as a famous commentator since it's inception in 2008. He was also a member of the IPL Governing Council till 2010 as a former cricketer. In 2014, amidst testing times for the image of the game post the spot-fixing scandal, Gavaskar was chosen as the interim BCCI President to oversee the IPL.

On the other hand, his son, Rohan Gavaskar, did not reach the heights of his father as a cricketer. After an unsuccessful international career that spanned 11 ODIs, his IPL career with Kolkata Knight Riders spanned between 14 March 2010 and 16 March 2010 as he played just two matches scoring a couple of runs.

Following in the footsteps of his father, he has taken up commentary in the IPL and has been seen doing the same.

Geoff Marsh and Shaun & Mitchell Marsh

The Marsh family has been of great service to cricket at large

After a successful career as a solid opening batsman for Australia, Geoff Marsh became only the third cricketer to have two of his sons playing Test cricket. Both Shaun and Mitchell, the former a left-handed top order batsman, and the latter a genuine all-rounder, are current members of the Australian cricket team.

In the IPL, elder son Shaun has had the maximum success as he has been one of the most prolific run scorers for Kings XI Punjab, the only franchise he has played for. The southpaw has scored 2477 runs at an average of 39.95 and a strike rate of 132.74 and also won the Orange Cap in 2008 after scoring 616 runs in the season.

Younger brother Mitchell, who made himself unavailable for IPL 2018, preferring to play county cricket, has been part of three franchises namely Deccan Chargers, Pune Warriors India and Rising Pune Supergiants. He has not been able to replicate his International success in the IPL as he has scored a mere 226 runs at 18.83 and picked 20 wickets at 20.7 in 20 IPL matches.

Their father, Geoff, was made head coach of the now defunct franchise Pune Warriors India in 2011, and both him and Mitchell were part of the PWI setup in the same year. His stint, though, was not fruitful as the team ended second last on the points table.

Krishnamachari Srikkanth and Anirudha Srikkanth

Srikkanths: The lesser known father-son duo of the IPL

Former India captain and Chairman of Selectors, Krishnamachari Srikkanth has been associated with IPL since 2008. He was the ambassador for Chennai Super Kings before taking up a similar role for Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2013.

During his stint with CSK, his son Anirudha Srikkanth was also a member of the squad. Anirudha, primarily a batsman, featured in 19 IPL games across 7 seasons for CSK, amassing 133 runs at a strike rate of 123.14 and also winning a Man of the Match award.

With his father at Sunrisers in 2014, Anirudha also featured in a solitary game for Hyderabad and scored 3 runs.