India, April 24 -- In a differed part of the bus, Dalbeer changed places and sat with Harpreet. As Dalbeer rarely participated in the ragging sessions, he hardly knew anyone from the junior batch.

Surprisingly, Dalbeer and Harpreet hit it off well. They seemed to share a few things in common such as their Punjabi roots and cricket.

It was midday and almost six hours since the group had been on the road. Most of the students had dozed off except Dalbeer and Harpreet who were merrily testing each other's cricketing knowledge.

'Okay. In the 1983 World Cup, who scored the most runs and who took the most number of wickets?' asked Dalbeer.

'That's easy. David Gower and Roger Binny,' replied Harpreet with nonchalance.

Dalbeer was impressed. ...