Since it is Ashish Nehra's birthday, and he has become such a celebrated figure in indian cricket in recent years, indulge me in a memory...the year is 2015, Nehra has just had a terrific year for CSK in the IPL... after the final at Eden Gardens, where CSK lost to MI, I messaged Nehra asking for an interview..."Come to Delhi," he replied. Now, Nehra was a bit of a recluse, almost a distant figure at the time...he rarely gave interviews, so I was thrilled he said yes..off we went to delhi..

since india is playing the final of the u19 world cup tonight, thought i'd share memories of their first triumph at this tournament back in 2000...along with my cameraperson hari (who has unfortunately passed) i covered the tournament in sri lanka, filming a documentary this was only the third edition of the tournament, india hadn't won before but assembled a strong squad. kaif was captain, yuvraj the inevitable star, sodhi an all rounder of immense promise, ratra an assured keeper and several other terrific players