Top 10 Highest individual scores by Indian Test captains

4. Sunil Gavaskar – 205 v West Indies:

Hitting centuries against ruthless bowlers was sort of a hobby for this short man with a giant stature. Even the burden of captaincy did not stop Sunil Gavaskar, the prolific run maker, from slamming hundreds.

After hitting a century in his first match as a skipper, Gavaskar, two years later cracked a fine 205 in Mumbai against his favorite opposition and also the best at that time – West Indies. It was the first Test of the 6-match home series in 1978.

India were put into bat first and Gavaskar made most of the opportunity. It was an aggressive display of batting from him. He did the bulk of the scoring at the start and reached his century and converted it into a double century on day 2 itself after resuming on 28. His knock included 2 sixes and 27 fours.

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