Sunil Gavaskar – The legendary batsman Sunil Gavaskar himself tops the list of a top run scorer in the series between the two teams. In 27 matches he played against this opposition, Gavaskar scored 2749 runs at a healthy average of 65.45 including 13 centuries and 7 half centuries alongside his name. In fact, Sunil Gavaskar made his debut against this team only and in the first series itself he showed his colours to this team. The young guy was the top run-scorer in that series.
His not out innings of 236* against this team in Chennai is still a delight to watch. He spent 644 minutes at the crease and faced 425 balls. His innings was quite crucial as when he came to bat the score was 0/2. He along with other players stitched a good partnership and forced the test match to end in a draw.