BENGALURU: Of all the six Ranji titles that Chandrakant Pandit has won as a domestic coach, the one he won with Madhya Pradesh when his team beat Mumbai by six wickets in the final at the Chinnaswamy Stadium must have felt the closest to his heart.
Twenty-three years ago, it was at this venue when Pandit, playing his last First-Class match, suffered a heartbreak, failing to achieve his 'MP' dream by a whisker. Chasing 247 on the last day of the 1998-99 Ranji Trophy final against Karnataka, MP, led by the former India stumper, collapsed to 150 from 108-3, with Vijay Bhardwaj taking six for 24.
