Former India and Mumbai skipper Dilip Vengsarkar recalled how Ajit Wadekar organised a passport for him in a day's time, at a condolence meeting held at Wankhede Stadium yesterday. Wadekar passed away on August 15.

"I met Ajit for the first time in 1974 when I was selected for a team captained by him to tour Sri Lanka. I was just 18 and didn't have a passport. I called him to say I can't come on the tour since I didn't have a passport. He called me to his State Bank office and organised the passport for me in one day. He was so popular with everybody," recalled Vengsarkar.