Mumbai is the city of opportunity, and it is not just its streets but the cricket maidans and pitches too, that are paved with gold. Yajurvindra Singh was Chief Speaker at ‘Voice of Cricket,’ an event held at Cricket Club of India’s (CCI) CK Nayudu Hall on Monday evening. The event was organised by Nadim Memon, secretary Mumbai School Sports Association (MSSA).

Yajurvindra rewound to 1973 when he first came to Mumbai. “I came to Mumbai in 1973. I had played Ranji Trophy before that against Mumbai. I remember coming out to bat and passing legends like [Ajit] Wadekar, [Dilip] Sardesai. It was intimidating to say the least. I recall getting out for one run in a Ranji Trophy match at the CCI. The commentator, who was Vijay Merchant at that time, came up to me and said: ‘Can you bat a little longer? I wanted to actually introduce you and talk about your background in my commentary. But you got out’,” he said to laughs from the audience.