Rs. 7200. Yes, the calculation was simple. If he could survive with only tea and biscuits for dinner, playing five days a month, that's how much he could save through match fees and allowances. That was still Rs. 2,200 more than what his father, who was a clerk in the Railways, earned. That should help, at least for then, it did.

To ensure the education of his three kids in an English medium school,