Indian cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar has put into focus an incredible part of his accomplished career for India in which he was replaced as captain by S Venkataraghavan in 1979 despite winning a home series against the West Indies in the 1978-78 season.

While writing about how he regretted not being able to convince the national selectors to include Padmakar Shivalkar and the late Rajinder Goel (the domestic giant passed away recently) in the Indian team, he also dwelled on how the selectors dropped him as captain.