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=== India Tour of Pakistan ===
[[Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 1978–79|1978–79 saw India tour Pakistan]] for the first series between the arch-rivals for 17 years. For the first time, Gavaskar faced Pakistani pace spearhead [[Imran Khan]], who described him as "The most compact batsman I've bowled to." Gavaskar scored 89 in the First Test and 97 in the Second, which India drew and lost, respectively. Gavaskar saved his best for the Third Test in [[Karachi]], scoring 111 and 137 in the Third, but was unable to prevent a defeat and series loss.<ref name="ESPN"/> His twin centuries made him the first Indian to score [[List of cricketers who have scored centuries in both innings of a Test match|two centuries in one Test]] on two occasions, and saw him pass [[Polly Umrigar|Umrigar]] as India's leading Test run-scorer. Gavaskar finished the series with 447 runs at 89.40.<ref name="testlist"/>