Sunil Gavaskar on the left and Travis Head celebrating his ton on the right. (Screengrab/AP news)
Travis Head after scoring a blistering ton against India in Adelaide did a cradling-the-baby celebration with his bat as a tribute to his second born and later continued his celebration by putting his helmet on the bat.
The following day in a heartwarming moment former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar went to Head and congratulated him. He also pulled out his phone to show him a photograph from his playing days, from a 1980s game against the Australians in India after he had hit a hundred.
Allan Border can be seen in the background, and in the front was Gavaskar holding his bat up to acknowledge the crowd’s applause after a hundred. On top of that bat was his sunny floppy hat. In Adelaide, Head would almost repeat the visual, just that he had the helmet instead of the hat. Both cricketers, an Indian legend and an Australian larrikin, would laugh and high-five. Gavaskar remained unbeaten on 166 in that knock.