As India finished the third day of the Oval Test against England on a high, the veteran former India captain Sunil Gavaskar presented a special bag of gifts to the India captain Shubman Gill. Gavaskar brought him one of his shirts with the SG initials and a rare signed cap as well.

However, Shubman Gill top-scored for India in the series with 754 runs in 10 innings so far. He fell short by 20 runs only of Gavaskar’s record for most runs in a Test series by an Indian as well, when he smashed 774 runs at an average of 154.80 on a historic tour of the West Indies as well. And, Gavaskar told Gill that though he couldn’t break his record in the ongoing series, 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. “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.”

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However, Gavaskar also praised him for his tactics in the day’s final over and promised to bring a lucky charm for the Indian team for the fourth (and likely final) day of the match as well. However, England are at 50/1 at the end of the day’s game.

“The last move was fantastic. Sending a fielder there (deep) and bowling a yorker,” Sunil 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.”