India’s Check captain Shubman Gill could have narrowly missed out on breaking one of the iconic batting information in Indian cricket, however he earned one thing simply as memorable: an emotional nod from the person who set the benchmark greater than 5 many years in the past. On a tense third day on the Oval, as India chased a series-levelling win in opposition to England, the post-match scenes offered a heartwarming second when Sunil Gavaskar gifted Gill a signed cap and shirt as a gesture of respect in direction of the teen’s efficiency within the collection.
Gill ended the five-Check Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy with 754 runs in 10 innings, falling simply 21 runs in need of surpassing Gavaskar’s India report for many runs in a Check collection. Nonetheless, Gill’s unimaginable batting contribution performed a key function in retaining the collection alive, and Gavaskar, who has been a part of the published crew, walked as much as the Indian captain after play and offered him with private memorabilia, a uncommon gesture from one in all Indian cricket’s most revered figures.
“It is a little cap, which I give to only a few folks with my signature,” Gavaskar instructed Gill as he handed it over. The 74-year-old then revealed he could be carrying his ‘fortunate jacket’ the following day, the identical one he wore throughout India’s well-known win on the Gabba in 2021, when Gill scored a defining 91 within the fourth-innings chase of 328.
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Gill got here into the fifth Check with an actual shot at toppling Gavaskar’s 774-run mark however endured a uncommon off-game, scoring 21 and 11. His second-innings dismissal, off the primary ball after lunch, ended the chase for the report.
However, the 25-year-old did handle to surpass Gavaskar in one other nook of the report books. His 754-run tally now stands as probably the most by an Indian Check captain in a single collection, surpassing Gavaskar’s 732 runs from the 1978/79 collection in opposition to West Indies, a mark that had stood for 46 years.
India have set England a frightening goal of 374 within the ultimate Check, and whereas time is probably not their enemy, going through a relentless Indian tempo assault led by Mohammed Siraj guarantees to be the true problem. England misplaced their first wicket of the innings on the final ball of the day, with Siraj castling Zak Crawley; the facet completed Day 3 at 50/1.
