India, July 19 -- Sir Garfield Sobers could dominate a cricket field like few others, but the West Indies legend also had a deeply superstitious side.

Commentator Sushil Doshi recalled how Sobers believed touching Sunil Gavaskar's shoulder before batting would bring him fortune.

Doshi, who had the privilege of sharing the commentary box with the West Indies great, spoke to PTI a day after Sobers' death, recalling the man behind the cricketing genius. He was 89.

Among the many memories Doshi shared was an amusing anecdote from India's famous 1971 tour of the West Indies, the series in which a young Gavaskar amassed 774 runs.

"Despite all his greatness, there were some things that showed Sobers was only human. And I remember a story tha...