India's Top 5 Test Batsmen of All Time

#2 Sunil Gavaskar

Statistics: Matches: 125, Runs 10122, Average: 51.12, Hundreds: 34

One of the greatest Test batsmen of all time, Sunil Gavaskar, was an icon of his generation. He is an opening batsman any test team would dream to have.

His sound technique and immense patience, combined with his ability to produce match-winning innings against the best ever bowling lineups, made him a true legend.

Gavaskar instilled the belief that whatever be the conditions or the opposition, one can score runs consistently, if one has a good technique and a sharp cricketing brain.

He was the inspiration for the golden generation of Indian batsmen that followed him.

For a long time, he held the record for highest number of Test match centuries, before Sachin Tendulkar overtook him.