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When Legends Rode the Rails: Untold Stories of Indian Cricket’s Humble Journeys
There was a time in Indian cricket when fame did not come with comfort—when even the biggest names traveled like ordinary passengers, often unnoticed, and sometimes, deliberately so. This is one such fascinating story from that era—when not just one player, but an entire team tried to hide its identity during a train journey.
This story is of the days when BCCI (and simultaneously most of State Cricket Associations) were not so rich and for BCCI tournaments, teams often used to travel by train (there were no luxury trains) that too sometimes in un-reserved compartments. During 1979-80 seasons Mumbai team travelled to Jamshedpur to play Bihar in Ranji Trophy quarter final, by train. At one of the stations in the mid-night around 3 AM, the train stopped. A crowd came in the coach and started removing blankets, shouting ‘kidhar hai, kidhar hai.’ They had the information that cricketers are travelling.
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