"I was his captain at Sassanian (cricket club). He wanted to use my bat but was too shy to ask me directly. The request came through Ramesh Parab (now international scorer at Wankhede stadium), and I told Sachin he could use it provided he made a big score. He said,'I will, sir' and went on to score a century with my SG bat", says Gurav.
Gurav says how we last met Sachin in the early 1990s at the Islam Gymkhana at Marine Lines, when he saw Sachin getting into hisw car with some 10 security guys keeping people at bay. Sachin called him, spoke for a couple of minutes and asked him to come to his home.
