It seemed like the old times for the city’s sports journalists at Wankhede Stadium’s PD Hall, where 18 former journalists were felicitated by the Sports Journalists’ Association of Mumbai (SJAM) last week. Respect for each other, memories, cheering and leg-pulling were all in abundant supply that May 29 evening.

The PD Hall was unmissable for cricketers of another era, because they were housed in the accommodation facility for domestic games above the hall. The venue was named after one of the most enthusiastic of Mumbai Cricket Association administrators, VB Prabhudesai—who went as Assistant Manager of the Indian team to England in 1986. Dilip Vengsarkar, who played a key role in that rare series win (2-0) in England, with two centuries in three Tests, was the guest of honour at the function, along with 1972 Munich Olympics runner Edward Sequeira.