new delhi the unbelievable catch martin crowe took to dismiss dave houghton and deny zimbabwe a famous victory over new zealand in the 1987 world cup did not impress a young baichung bhutia who challenged at his teacher that he could easily do this and took two stunning catches indias football star was then 11 years old and attending sikkims bestknown public school tna in gangtok after winning a football scholarship from sports authority of india sai bhutias biology teacher leonard popularly called lenny sir recalls it was october 10 1987 and we were in the audiovisual room watching new zealand play minnows zimbabwe chasing new zealands 242 houghton waged a lone battle for zimbabwe to take his team close to a win six runs were needed off the last over but houghtons terrific innings ended with the great catch by crowe and zimbabwe fell short by just four runs after crowe took the catch lenny yelled out with excitement great catch great catch but a young voice said sir whats so great about the catch despite his teacher explaining the difficulty of taking a catch when running backwards looking over ones shoulders baichung insisted that it was not that difficult and even boasted that he could do it so the next day baichung his friends and lenny assembled in the schools cricket field i asked him to stand about 15 yards from where i was standing and face me as i would hit the ball in the air about 35 to 40 yards over his head i told him he had to run back to chase and catch it i hit the ball up in the air and he chased it he didnt take his eyes off the ball for even a second and caught is clean lenny reminisces when told that it was a fluke baichung came back with the ball and a big grin on his face lenny challenged him to do it again and this time he hit the ball even further and baichung flung himself fulllength at the end to take the catch this incident along with numerous other anecdotes finds mention in a new book beyond the goal the official biography of baichung bhutia by sports writer mohammad aminul islam published by random house india the book has a foreword by sachin tendulkar and introductions by olympic medallist boxer mary kom and footballer sunil chhetri the book also says that baichungs real name is ugen sangey and had once appeared in a cameo playing himself in the bengali film kuasa fog about a decade ago along with former east bengal coach subhash bhowmick earlier i was offered guest appearances in movies but didnt consider them as i could not have taken any time out from the game but now i would do this only for the sake of an appearance says the star who earned 107 international caps and scored 42 goals baichung who also scored 228 goals while playing for clubs like east