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CRICKET MY FIRST
LOVE
Well hello everyone once again , this time it’s
not about my photography or physics or anything, but this time round I would
like to share my experience with the sport named “CRICKET”.
I still remember when I was around 6 years old I got my first cricket bat. It was actually a “mogri”
one which is used by Indians to wash clothes :P but nonetheless it was precious for me .I
used to play with my father and surprisingly my dog too! Let me tell you my
dog was splendid during fielding.
I am not sharing this to show what trophies or
tournaments I have won, in fact I have won none . But its my unbiased love
towards the game that I am writing .And by reading this any sport lover could
relate yourselves quite easily.
Being an Indian fan, I was a die hard fan of
SRT(Sachin ramesh tendulkar), I wrote “was” because he retired from the game
for almost 6 months now. I still remember it was the World cup of 2003 when I first
got to know how exciting the game can be. In that W.C few things happened like I
got the know about the rules of the game coz earlier I used to take my bat back
once I got out ,later realizing it was not allowed :P . Even under the guidance
of my grandpa and dad I learned to see the score of the undergoing match and infinite
etc!
Sadly India lost to Australia in the finals but it
was enough for “cricketing passion” to reach its peak.
During that world cup 2 aussie players became my
idols namely, Glenn McGrath and Brett Lee (both bowlers by the way).Their
deliveries were so fast and accurate that any reckless shot by the batsman was
finally turned out to be a wicket. So I thoroughly enjoyed bowling from my 6th
grade onwards!!
There was a inter-class match where I took 4
wickets in an over , and I’ll brag that no matter what. :D
During that time our house shifted , landing me in
the locality of cricketing buffs! They were guys of my age (10-15 yrs).We used
to play every weekend and don’t ask what used to happen during vacations?!
I’ll tell you the schedule
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Waking up – 6:00 AM
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Getting to the field –6:30 AM
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Warm ups – half hour (god knows what warm up
exercises we did :P but still…)
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Session 1 of play – 7:00AM – 12PM
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HOME (scolding time/MOM) – 12PM – 1PM
·
TV(Old cricket matches if no lives going on) –
1PM – 2:30 PM
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Scolding time/dad – 2:30PM – 3:30PM
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Escaping to the field (once parents fell for
afternoon nap) – 4:00 pm
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Session 2 of play – 4:30 PM – 7:30 PM
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In those days for after any good results or
birthdays I demanded on cricketing stuffs!
Ranging from 4bats,2leather balls, gloves, pads ,helmet
to lower abdomen guard ( I still don’t remember I’ve ever used it).
One day during my exams my father dragged me to
the home from the field because of bunking studies.
That incident deepened my love towards it( it got
nearly 90% that year :P ).
So this happened for like 5-6 years until I came
to 11th grade .I was sent to other town for studies .That time I was
undesirably kept out of the game .Let it be not watching a match due to lack of
entertainment or not playing a match for almost 2.5 years I felt terrible. Even
when I wanted to no one did(geeks!).But every time shall pass. I finally got
into a prestigious university with good grades ( still wondering how..) and got
back to the game with 200% energy.
Playing whenever getting time between lectures and
sharpening bowling skills are a part of my daily schedule. And let me tell you can’t
face my bowling that easily ;) even though my idols got retired my passion hasn’t.
I am in third year now and loving the game like
never before especially after India wining the 2011 WORLD CUP almost after 28
years.!!!
#CHEERS TO ALL CRICKET LOVERS LIKE ME!
