India’s under-19 cricket captain Unmukt Chand won his battle with his St Stephen’s College today, with Delhi University allowing him to move to the second year and complete his first year exams in the forthcoming semesters, recognising his case as “rarest of rare“.

With much hue and cry raised over St Stephen’s decision to bar Unmukt from exams due to low attendance, Vice Chancellor Dinesh Singh, who received a phone call from HRD Minister Kapil Sibal, intervened in the matter, allowing him “to move to the second year of study“.