After all, we are in the mandatory overs of life” was the usual greeting of my opening partner Chetan Chauhan whenever we met over the last two or three years. Once the landmark was reached, I would rush to the players’ balcony and join in the cheers. However, here I was on the Adelaide balcony when Dennis Lillee came in to bowl, and would you believe, Chetan was caught behind the first ball. Sunil Gavaskar: "His (Chetan's) favourite song as we walked out to face some of the most hostile bowlers in the game was “muskura ladle muskura”. His desire to help others manifested in him joining politics and right till the end he was a giver, not a taker.

Source: The Hindu August 16, 2020 16:07 UTC