Thirty-five years ago this week, an employee of Deccan Herald and Prajavani’s circulation department checked out of the MG Road headquarters and went home to pack for a flight to what was then Madras. Seven days later he was at the heart of one of the most famous moments in world cricket history.
Thirty-five years ago this week, an employee of Deccan Herald and Prajavani’s circulation department checked out of the MG Road headquarters and went home to pack for a flight to what was then Madras. Seven days later he was at the heart of one of the most famous moments in world cricket history.
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It was over an hour since cricket history had been made at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chepauk, Madras on September 22, 1986. And the night shift at the
Indian Express office on Mount Road beckoned ominously.
My day had started at 8 in the morning, leaving home in Adyar to be in time for the early start on the fifth and final day of the Test to accommodate the 20 mandatory overs in the final hour. A scheduling snafu meant it was the whole day at the Test and then the whole night designing the sports pages which would be extra special that day. It’s a lingering regret I never preserved them.