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.