Sunil Gavaskar scores record 236 not out at Madras
In the sixth Test against the West Indies at Madras, Sunil Gavaskar scored 236 not out, his 30th Test century and then the highest Test score by an Indian.
In the sixth Test of the 1983 series against the West Indies, played at Chepauk in Madras, Sunil Gavaskar scored an unbeaten 236. It was his 30th Test century, scored in his 99th Test, and was then the highest Test score by an Indian batsman. With it he passed Don Bradman's tally of 29 Test centuries. The M. A. Chidambaram Stadium at Chepauk was one of India's main Test venues during this period.
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