One of the many topics that they talk about are memories from their early days of playing the sport and the legendary Sunil Gavaskar said that he had batted with Ajit Wadekar’s pads while playing for Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy. So then, I used Ajit Wadekar’s pads.”Gavaskar said that it was not the most comfortable option because Wadekar was a left-handed batsman. And then Rahul Dravid came up to me and asked ‘Ishant why are you not bowling’. Rahul Dravid asked me that how will I play the match tomorrow. “I borrowed shoes from Zaheer Khan and played my first ODI match,” the bowler further said.

Source: Hindustan Times May 31, 2020 07:00 UTC