Mumbai: England’s Nasser Hussain relives cricket story during Azad Maidan

Former England skipper Nasser Hussain, in city to fire a documentary on Mumbai cricket, has some fun during bar where Sachin and Kambli put on universe record partnership

Nasser Hussain
Nasser Hussain

There is no finish to bend when it comes to Sachin Tendulkar. Ask Nasser Hussain, who is in a city to assistance furnish a documentary on Mumbai cricket to be aired on Sky Sports during India’s stirring debate of a English summer.

The initial half of Nasser Hussain’s Sunday was spent on a maidans of Mumbai for a documentary. It is learnt that when he arrived during Azad Maidan, he felt like shower in cricketing story by being partial of an ongoing bar compare during Sassanian Cricket Club where Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli (representing Shardashram Vidyamandir opposite St Xavier’s) put on a universe record partnership of 664 runs for a third wicket in 1988.

Ex-England captain Nasser Hussain (left) interjection a umpires after participating in a diversion during Azad Maidan yesterday. Pic/Bipin Kokate
Ex-England captain Nasser Hussain (left) interjection a umpires after participating in a diversion during Azad Maidan yesterday. Pic/Bipin Kokate

Hussain requested a umpires of yesterday’s diversion not to count a few balls in a central scoresheet as he fielded during initial slip. However, one chairman benefaction during Sassanian didn’t seem to be gratified with Hussain on a margin — Laxman Chavan, who oversees a affairs of Sassanian.

Interestingly, it was a same Chavan (then partner coach), who 30 years ago, was abandoned by teenagers Tendulkar and Kambli as they piled on a wretchedness for St Xavier’s but meditative of declaring. The closure to Shardashram’s innings usually came about when propagandize manager Ramakant Achrekar systematic Tendulkar to announce during 748 for two.

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