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Sunil Gavaskar had a couple of special gifts for Shubman Gill during the Oval Test.
Sunil Gavaskar meets Shubman Gill for a special gift. (PC: X)
As India ended the third day of the Oval Test against England on a high, the legendary former captain Sunil Gavaskar presented a special, wholesome bag of gifts to the incumbent, Shubman Gill. Gavaskar brought him one of his shirts with the SG initials — the same for both players — and a rare signed cap.
Gill top-scored for India in the series with 754 runs in 10 innings. He fell short by 20 runs of Gavaskar’s record for most runs in a Test series by an Indian, in place since 1970-71, when the Little Master smashed 774 runs at an average of 154.80 on a historic tour of the West Indies. Gavaskar told Gill that though he couldn’t break his record in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, it’s ‘something to aim for’ in the next one.
“Well done, I had got a gift for you in anticipation of going past [me],” Gavaskar said, in a Sony Sports video that’s now going viral on social media. “But, at least you got something to aim for in the next series. This is just a little gift, it’s a shirt with ‘SG’ initials. Mere liye kisi ne banaya tha, par mai aapko de raha hu. Aapko fit hoga ya nahi maloom nahi. (Someone made it for me, but I am giving it to you. I don’t know if it will fit you.) This is a little cap, which I give to very few people, with my signature.”
As Gill stood like a student being honored by a teacher, Gavaskar praised him for his tactics in the day’s final over and promised to bring a lucky charm for the team for the fourth (and likely final) day of the Test.
“The last move was fantastic. Sending a fielder there (deep) and bowling a yorker,” Gavaskar added. “I am going to wear my lucky jacket. I wore it in Australia, in the Gabba one, last day, I got it only for that. I am going to wear that white jacket. All the best, God bless.”
With Zak Crawley’s wicket in the final over, England went to Stumps at 50/1, with India needing nine wickets against 324 runs to win.
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