When Indira was assassinated ...

On the 25th anniversary of India Gandhi's death, Sandeep Dwivedi in the Indian Express speaks to former India players who were in Pakistan when news of the assassination broke.

As Dilip Vengsarkar entered the 90s while approaching his first ODI hundred at Sialkot during the 1984 tour, he saw Pakistan's motor-mouth Javed Miandad coming towards him from third man. There were a couple of thoughts that crossed Vengsarkar's mind. He wasn't sure if the movement on field was skipper Zaheer Abbas's ploy to put pressure on him by posting a close-in fielder. On second thoughts, he feared it was just Miandad indulging in his old trick of initiating a provocative dialogue with a well-set batsman between overs.