Obviously, he was talented. He wanted to play cricket at all times of theday, night or evening. I still remember he used to call our teammates to playwith a tennis ball in the dressing room when there was an interval during thecourse of the match. Such was his interest. He was a little upset after scoringjust 15 in the first innings at Karachi. We all tried to tell him not to thinkabout it too much. I also remember that his brother, Ajit, flew to Sialkot, toboost his confidence. He got a 50-plus score in that particular match in thesecond innings. Thereafter he became a regular member of the side. We realisedthen that his head was on a strong shoulder.