Editing Sunil Gavaskar (section)

=== West Indies tour ===
Gavaskar's [[West Indian cricket team in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in 1974–75|1974–75 series]] against the West Indies was interrupted, playing in only the First and fifth and final Test of the series against the West Indies. He scored 108 runs at 27, with an 86 bowled by [[Lance Gibbs]] at Bombay's Wankhede Stadium hosting the first test on this ground, the closest the Indian public got to see a century.<ref name="testlist"/> The Test was the start of a world record streak of 106 Test appearances.<ref name="ESPN"/>

The 1975–76 season saw three and four Test tours [[Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 1975–76|of New Zealand]] and [[Indian cricket team in the West Indies in 1975–76|the West Indies]], respectively. Gavaskar led India in a Test for the first time in January 1976 against [[New Zealand cricket team|New Zealand]] during the First Test in [[Auckland]] when regular captain [[Bishen Bedi|Bishen Singh Bedi]] was suffering from a leg injury.<ref name="ESPN"/> Standing in despite having scored only 703 runs at 28.12 since his debut series, Gavaskar rewarded the selectors with 116 and 35*. As a result, India secured an eight-wicket victory. He ended the series with 266 runs at 66.33.<ref name="testlist"/> On the West Indian leg of the tour, Gavaskar scored consecutive centuries of 156 and 102 in the Second and Third Tests, both in [[Port of Spain]], [[Trinidad]]. These were his third and fourth centuries at the grounds. In the Third Test, his 102 helped India post 4/406 to set a world record for the highest winning fourth innings score. The Indians' mastery of the Caribbean spinners on a turning track reportedly led West Indian captain [[Clive Lloyd]] to vow that he would rely on pace alone in future Tests. Gavaskar totalled 390 runs at 55.71 for the series.<ref name="ESPN"/><ref name="testlist"/>