Reviving the top four golden moments from Sunil Gavaskar's career on his birthday

#3 Gavaskar in West Indies, 1976 January 24-28

Sunil Gavaskar in a crucial knock that helped Indians win at the Windies

Put to bat first, Windies scored 359 and established their hold over the game, strengthening it up by bowling the Indians out for just 228 by the half of the second day.

Alvin Kallicharan's ton in the second innings meant that Windies would safely finish yet again, which they did at 271/6 decl. India's chances for a win were very bleak with 403 required, a target that has so far never been achieved in the fourth innings.

In the summer of 1976, Gavaskar returned to West Indies, the same place which had seen his meteoric rise as a batsman in Test cricket five years prior.

After being outplayed in the first match of the four-Test series at Barbados, India needed a win to draw the series. Yet it did not seem to happen until the last day.

Gavaskar and Gundappa Vishwanath then went on to script the unthinkable, as the Indians eventually won by four wickets, riding on the duo's hundreds.

The triumph also set the record as the highest successful run chase in Test matches, until it was broken in 2003 by the Windies against Australia.