Forty-three years ago on this day, batting legend Sunil Gavaskar began a Test innings that went into the history books for the 708 minutes, which comes to energy-sapping 11.8 hours, he spent on the crease to score 172 runs in Bangalore.
The knock against England in the second Test of the 1981 series was the longest first-class innings by an Indian batter at that time. Interestingly, it broke Gavaskar's own record of 593 minutes he took a year ago against Pakistan to score 166 runs.
