SUBODH MAYURE subodh. mayure@ mid- day. com OPENER Divyaansh Saxena, who scored his second half century ( 59 not out) of the U- 19 World Cup on Tuesday to help India thrash Pakistan in the semi- final in Potchefstroom, benefited from a special piece of advice from his scientist father, Ajaykumar.

Though the father- son duo donu2019t discuss cricket often, a couple of days ago when they spoke, Ajaykumar urged Divyaansh to prepare well against short pitch deliveries.