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There was a point during the IPL when it became hard to miss who the crowd had come to watch. Children would turn up with Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s name on their lips, and the back of their T-shirts. Older fans, too, were keen to see the 15-year-old in action. It did not matter that he was…

Dhyan Chand was born on August 29, 1905, and 121 years later, the stories surrounding Indian hockey’s greatest icon still stretch far beyond the goals he scored and the Olympic gold medals he won. Some have grown into legend, others into folklore. But one extraordinary episode from his life stands on firmer historical ground —…