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[12] [13] Gavaskar's highest Test score of 236 not out came against the West Indies at Chennai in 1983, [5] [N 1] an Indian record at that time. [5] He has scored 150 or more runs in a Test match innings on twelve occasions. Gavaskar was most successful against the West Indies and Australia scoring 13 and 8 centuries respectively.
Against an Australian team, Gavaskar made 90 in the second innings of the First Test in Madras (now Chennai), giving India a chance to reach the target of 348, which ended in a tie. He scored 103 in the Third Test to end the series with 205 runs at 51.66. The First Test against Sri Lanka in Kanpur saw Gavaskar's 34th and final Test century of 176.
Sunil Gavaskar was the first player to cross the 10,000 run mark in Tests. Scoring over 10,000 runs across a playing career in any format of cricket is considered a significant achievement. In the chase to achieve top scores, West Indian Garfield Sobers retired in 1974 as the most prolific run scorer in Test cricket, with a total of 8,032 runs. The record stood for nine years, until it was ...
The Indians got off to a good start batting first, with Sunil Gavaskar and Ashok Mankad putting together 47 runs for the first wicket. Left-arm spinner Elquemedo Willett bowled out Mankad before lunch, with Ed Arthurton bowling a hostile spell of seam bowling after, to dismiss the Indians' middle-order that included wickets of M. L. Jaisimha and Salim Durani.
Pakistan won the Test series 1-0 after they were victorious by 16 runs in the final match of the series, the previous four games having been drawn. Pakistan were captained by Imran Khan who was voted "Man of the Series". It was last test series of Indian opener Sunil Gavaskar. [1]
4th Test, Wankhede Stadium, Bombay: Match ended in a draw. Test debut by Richie Richardson. 10 Dec – 14 Dec: 5th Test Eden Gardens, Calcutta: West Indies won by an innings and 46 runs. Test debut by Roger Harper. 24 Dec – 29 Dec: 6th Test M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Madras: Match ended in a draw. Career best 236 not out by Sunil Gavaskar.
India won the toss and decided to field; Rain prevented play on dayes four and five. [1]T. A. Sekhar (Ind) made his Test debut.; 26 January was a rest day.; Gundappa Viswanath (Ind) beat the record held by Garfield Sobers for most consecutive tests played (86).
The India national cricket team toured Australia in the 1977–78 season to play 5 Test matches. Australia won the test series 3–2. ... Sunil Gavaskar 118 (285 ...