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- On 31 October 1984, during the second ODI between Pakistan and India in the eastern city of Sialkot, India, Indian batsman Dilip Vengsarkar.
- Dilip Vengsarkar told Indian Express journalist Sandeep Davidi in an interview that several thoughts came to his mind at that time.
- "I thought maybe Pakistani captain Zaheer Abbas was adopting a strategy of keeping the fielder close to put me under pressure. Or maybe Jave.
On 31 October 1984, during the second ODI between Pakistan and India in the eastern city of Sialkot, India, Indian batsman Dilip Vengsarkar was on the verge of his first ODI century when he saw Pakistani player Javed Miandad coming towards him from the third man position.
Dilip Vengsarkar told Indian Express journalist Sandeep Davidi in an interview that several thoughts came to his mind at that time.
"I thought maybe Pakistani captain Zaheer Abbas was adopting a strategy of keeping the fielder close to put me under pressure. Or maybe Javed Miandad is coming as per his old habit to tease me between the overs or say something provocative to divert my attention.
But Vengsarkar was surprised to see the seriousness on Miandad's face.
In a 2009 interview, Vengsarkar said: 'He came to me and said he had heard from someone in the audience that Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had been assassinated. In those days, people used to bring transistor radios with them to watch matches and that's how they got to know about this news.
