Ranjit Roy
Whoever visits this 69-year-old’s New Alipur flat in Calcutta comes back with a bit of cricketing history. Fighting for space in there are hundreds of autographs and letters of players from all over. His prized possession is an autograph of Sir Don Bradman. "Mostly, it’s the English and the Australians who respond. Sometimes their wives too have acknowledged my condolences on their husband’s death." Roy never got married, so that he "could sustain his hobby".
J.K.Mahendrakumar
A visit to this Kerala Ranji veteran’s Cricket Gallery at the Madras Cricket Club convinces you that he’s seriously nuts about the game. His gallery is more like a museum—books, pads, balls, bails, rare pictures.... Mahendra’s textile business takes a backseat when it comes to cricket. His prized possession: an autographed Sachin caricacture placed between a gold coin issued by the Corporation Bank, Mumbai, and a silver coin issued by the Australian Mint Company. "No one else in India has this," he claims.
