Crystal dinner set is reminder of Inzamam's 100th Test

BANGALORE: A cut-glass dinner displayed at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium - where the third India-Pakistan Test started Saturday - reminded visitors of the 100th Test of then Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq in 2005.

It had been presented to Inzamam on the occasion of his 100th Test. But an error in the inscription on the 47-piece customised, handcrafted dinner set, made at a cost of Rs.40,000, had forced the manufacturers to make it all over again.

The Made-in-Indore set with the error is still displayed in a glass showcase at the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) office premises inside the stadium.

As India batted after winning the toss Saturday, the now-retired Inzamam was in the country but about 2,300 km away from Bangalore, in Panchkula, near Chandigarh, where he is playing in the Indian Cricket League (ICL).

It is learnt that Inzamam, who is captaining Hyderabad Heroes, is closely following the Test series, which India are leading 1-0.