Twenty five years ago — at the spiritual home of cricket — Mohammed Azharuddin’s Indians were stretching every sinew in their quest to get past England’s massive 653 for four declared which included a triple century from captain Graham Gooch.

Azharuddin led the way with a strokeful century after Ravi Shastri’s 100 at the top of the order. Up in the Lord’s commentary box, retired batting great Sunil Gavaskar was into only his third day as a ball-by-ball television commentator and who better than to be by his side to calm those nerves than microphone maestro Richie Benaud.