Top 5 Indian Test opening pairs of all time

#3 Sunil Gavaskar and Anshuman Gaekwad (1976-1985)

Sunil Gavaskar and Anshuman Gaekwad batted together in 49 innings

1,722 runs in 49 innings

Average – 35.88, 100 – 4 and 50 – 9

Highest – 176*

Before Sunil Gavaskar had found Krishnamachari Srikkanth for the company, he had already started out with the gritty Anshuman Gaekwad five years earlier in 1976. In 49 innings both right-handers added 1,722 runs, breaching the fifty-run mark thirteen times in total with a highest of an unbeaten 176.

Though they averaged a lowly 35.88 despite batting in each other's company so many times, both Gavaskar and Gaekwad had developed a reputation for gathering runs calmly against the best of bowling attacks.