Cricketers Yashpal Sharma and Chetan Chauhan had faced an angry mob to save Sikh players Sidhu, Yograj Singh and Rajinder Ghai during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
The Chinese teams had taken the help of local spectators to place small markings and small paths prepared on the terrain that only they were aware of. The Chinese teams were even able to run the course well ahead of time.