Gill run out in sight of Gavaskar record

ENGLAND ARE LEADING FIVE-MATCH TEST SERIES 2-1

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India captain Shubman Gill ran himself out yesterday's opening day of the fifth and deciding Test against England as he closed in on Sunil Gavaskar's national record for runs in a series.

The tourists were 85-3 when rain stopped play for a second time at the Oval after being sent in to bat in a match India must win to square the series at 2-2.

Gill, who has already scored four hundreds in a prolific debut campaign as captain, came in with India struggling on 38-2.

At that stage, he needed just 53 more runs to overhaul Gavaskar's mark for the most runs scored by an India batter in a Test series of 774 — set by the “Little Master” against the West Indies in 1971.