Sunil Gavaskar with grandson Vivaan at Cricket Club of India where the batting legend was felicitated on Sunday. Pic/SURESH KARKERA 

"A Lovely day for cricket. Blue skies and gentle breeze …" The opening lines in Lord Relator's calypso on Sunil Gavaskar held true at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday.

Later in the evening, the words "Gavaskar, the real master" which form the meat of the calypso, sat well with Gavaskar's acceptance speech after he was conferred a lifetime achievement award by the Sports Journalists' Association of Mumbai (SJAM) at the Cricket Club of India. Relator's calypso was played out before the curtains opened on the function.