84 runs in the last wicket partnership with Andy Roberts. Henry Blofeld thought that Baichan was, for a West Indies batsman, "unusually reluctant to hit the ball". Baichan was one of the four new caps selected for the following trip to India and Pakistan along with Gordon Greenidge, Vivian Richards and Albert Padmore. Test career Baichan started the tour of India scoring 158 against the Universities and 114* against South Zone. Three days before the first Test in Bangalore, he suffered a minor injury in a car accident. Gordon Greenidge who made his debut scored 93 and 107 and opened the batting with Roy Fredericks in all Tests of the series. Baichan's injury was slight enough that he opened with Greenidge against Board President's XI three days after the end of the Test. But his form tailed off in the side matches and he was not selected in any of the five Tests in India. The tour moved to Sri Lanka and Pakistan. Baichan scored a match-winning 72* in a 55 over one-day match in Colombo. Greenidge being out with a back injury, he made his Test debut against Pakistan at Lahore. Baichan scored 20 runs in an opening partnership of 66 with Fredericks. West Indies was set 359 to win in a day and 15 minutes in the second innings. Baichan scored 105* in 373 minutes becoming the eighth West Indian batsman to score a century on debut. He had a partnership of 164 with Clive Lloyd during which he frequently faced three or four bouncers an over from Sarfraz Nawaz. When Baichan reached his hundred with a two to midwicket, the field was invaded by around 50 spectators. The police chased them off with their long batons, "providing the best entertainment of the day". He scored 36 in the second Test at Karachi, this time adding 95 with Fredericks. Picked for the tour of Australia next winter, some critics considered him a poor player of true fast bowling. But Baichan scored consistently in matches against the domestic sides. Greenidge who opened in the first Test scored 0 & 0 and was dropped. Baichan could well have replaced him after scoring 72 in the first innings against South Australia on the eve of the third Test at Melbourne but in the second innings, he was hit on the elbow by Geoff Attenborough. It put him out of cricket for