he again said ill play straight i told him four balls of that offspinner are left if its outside the ofstump leave it but otherwise play straight and kirmani who was two or three not out will make all the runs when i came back to the pavilion there was silence you could see raj singh dejected he had selected a youngster and was getting the stick for it he had his head down what will happen now he asked me we were all tensethe first ball that he faced kapil hit not only over the bowler but over the screen into the car park for a six he went on to make 53 runs and kirmani remained on six not out we realised that a star was born youve seen raj singh at that time after every six that kapil hit hell say wah wah wow naturally he wasnt going to lose a rare opportunity to go at tiger pataudi he said in a sober tone nawa sahib this guy can play cricket na raj singh was so elated kapil my boy he saidkyon mian kaptain banogerecalling how dungarpur stunned him by offering him captaincy mohammad azharuddin said i had just come back from the tour to pakistan in the beginning of which i was on the verge of getting dropped i did well on that tour and was leading south zone in place of kris srikanth when he asked me kyon mian kaptan banoge do you want to become the captain i said sir im already the captain he said not south zone but india i had a special relationship with him a person like him comes once in a lifetime or a century he had all the respect for all the cricketers perhaps since he hailed from a royal family he had all the etiquettes and manners he was an outstanding man he was like a fatherfigure to me azhar paid his tribute