Milind Rege, his love for Mumbai cricket and why I won’t be there at his funeral: Sunil Gavaskar | Cricket News
Milind Rege was like my elder brother and yet, I won’t be at his funeral. I just won’t be able to bear the sight of his still body. Even though I knew it was coming as I met him at the hospital yesterday before leaving for Dubai for the Champions Trophy. He kept offering his hand for me to shake as if he knew we weren’t going to do it again. I told him that I shall see him on the 22nd morning and he gave me a weak smile. As I said, he was like my brother. We lived in a building across from each other, grew up together, played tennis-ball cricket in the compound; we even went to the same school and college. Story continues below this ad He played Ranji Trophy cricket for his beloved Mumbai, ahead of me. He always came to the team’s rescue when we, the so-called top order, failed. Just like how Shardul Thakur, Tanish Kotian, and Shams Mulani have done it for Mumbai this season; Rege was …
