Overview
- Tendulkar recounted the 1989–90 Irani Cup episode at an Ageas Federal Life Insurance event in Mumbai.
- Gursharan Singh batted despite a broken hand to support Tendulkar’s push to 103, adding 36 for the last wicket at Wankhede.
- Rest of India were all out for 245 chasing 554, with Delhi winning by 309 runs in the fourth-innings chase.
- Tendulkar said selector Raj Singh Dungarpur urged Gursharan to bat, calling the innings his trial that led to India selection; Gursharan later played one Test and one ODI.
- Tendulkar recalled promising in New Zealand to play Gursharan’s benefit match and said he fulfilled it about 15 years later, featuring in the 2005 fixture.