“My father also felt very proud, he relived the moment and the way Pankaj Tripathi portrayed his role was phenomenal,” Vikram continued. “The role of manager is very important in any team. He takes care of things to make it easy for sportspersons to just concentrate on the game rather than worry about day-to-day matters.”
Talking about his father, Vikram told IANS: “When he was the manager of that historic team in England, my father made sure the players didn’t get affected by any off-field issues. Nowadays, you will find a large support staff goes with the team for any major event, but my father at that time was handling everything all alone. He was the only one who went with the team with limited resources.”
And Man Singh also broke a few rules, issued by the BCCI at that time, to provide relief to players.
“WAGS (Wives and Girlfriends) were not allowed to travel with the team at that time,” Vikram recalled. “And the BCCI’s rules were really strict. The players were agitated about this, as other countries were allowing it. Just before the 1983 World Cup, Krishnamachari Srikkanth got married and his wife was there in England, but she was staying in her friend’s house.