On former cricketer Gursharan Singh's 53rd birthday, we track back time to the day in 1989, where he batted with an injured hand to help Sachin Tendulkar reach his first Irani Cup century.

Sachin Tendulkar would have welcomed greater support from fellow batters at the other end as he worked his way to yet another headline-grabbing century at the Wankhede Stadium yesterday. His dominating innings threatened to be a first innings lead-clinching one, but Mumbai ended the day with only wafer-thin hopes of regaining the Irani Cup.