new delhi recalling the playing days of his legendary father lala amarnath former indian batsman mohinder amarnath asserted that independent indias first cricket captain was his idol but he was fascinated by chandu bordein his column for the times of india amarnath wrote my father was a legend and we had heard so much about him from other people while we were growing up i never really got the opportunity to watch him play in his prime as i was very young when he retired i did get to see him in action in some exhibition matches and i could visualize what a great player he must have been he was always my role model i was also fascinated by chandu borde i had heard about him from dad and radio commentators and liked his style although there were some fantastic players in the 60s this was the one name that stuck with me he was a fantastic batsman and had a particular style of bowling legspin before the shoulder injuryamarnath remembered the day when his father took him to watch a test between india and pakistan at the feroz shah kotla in delhiin 196061 when pakistan toured india i remember going to watch a test in delhi with dad we went to the feroz shah kotla where i saw fazal mahmood hanif mohammed mushtaq mohammed and saeed ahmed all the pakistani big guns on the indian side there was milkha singh vv kumar polly umrigar nadkarni ramakant desai and borde it was a big day for me it was winter so we were all dressed up sitting in the vip stand being treated like royalty so exciting for a 10yearold it got me thinking that i would like to be an india test cricketer one day amarnath addedamarnath also recalled the attention and hospitality he got when the indian team toured pakistanindiapakistan series were always very special you always had people admiring you home or away that is very encouraging and we liked the attention the hospitality in pakistan was also amazing i remember a family i met in lahore they would take me to their home for khanapeena food and drink and the daughters who were young would pray for me hum yehi dua karte hai ki mohinder accha kare par jeete pakistan we pray that mohinder does well but pakistan should win amarnath concluded