It was the last over of 20-20 match. Chasing our score of 110, the opponent team reached 101 runs in 19 overs with two wickets in hand. It was indeed a tough call for the bowler to choose the line ane length. Nevertheless....he dared and in very first ball the opponent went for a quick two. Now score was 103 runs. Another 7 runs of last 5 balls. Next ball was superb yorker taking away one of the stumps and heart bits got extreme high now. Another 7 runs of last 4 balls. The last batsman had very little options. He decided to open his hands. The next ball....it got in touch with his bat....and all the fielders and spectators kept their lost a few heart bits. Ball went quite high. The fielder had sufficient time. And this time.........once again he proved that "WHEREVER YOU GO IN THIS WORLD, YOU FIND A KERALITE". Yes...it was Arun this time. He kept his nerves and caught the ball quite cleanly unlike a few overs back when he put it down. And thats it....we won the match. Wonderful match. Today, we had little less in numbers hence we joined with the VSSC Team. Anil Garg preferred to choose our members and kept his faith on all of us. Winning the toss, we elected to bat first. This time, we had some experienced players from VSSC, however it was quite a slow start. We were hardly reaching a run rate of 4 to 4.5. The first innings saw some good but slow partnerships. Sonal and Sobhan did their part nicely. It was Jai later, who tried to capitalized. Prijith and Arun also contributed their part. Finally, two veterans Subbu and Anil Garg took the attack and the last few overs produced good sixers, boundaries and the team attained valuable 109 runs in 20 overs. The innings saw quite a number of run-outs. Everybody contributed their parts to the dot.
Second innings saw excellent bowling spells from VSSC players, followed with Sobhan who finished his complete quota of 4 overs. Arun and Prijith kept their nerves while bowling. Subbu proved to be a deadly wall on the mid-off saving ample of runs for his team. Prashant showed heroics in taking a tough catch. Four attempted catch in the long off from a junior player was finally dropped. Jai used his entire body to stop singles quite close to the pitch and troubled batsman in taking the singles. Finally, it was the bowling team, which kept its nerve till the end and won the match. For sure, Arun's catch will be remembered for long. This match has given enogh confidence to SPL Royal Challengers that - they can beat any team and perform to their level best. Cheers. DBS.
0 Comments
A great note for all to read, it will take just 37 seconds to read this and change your thinking
Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room's only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back. The men talked for hours on end. They spoke of their wives and families,their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation. Every afternoon when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, hewould pass the time by describing to his room-mate all the things he could see outside the window. The man in the other bed began to live for those one hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and color of the world outside. The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans playedon the water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every color and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance. As the man by the window described all this in exquisite detail, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine the pictures que scene. One warm afternoon the man by the window described a parade passing by. Although the other man couldn't hear the band - he could see it. In his mind's eye as the gentleman by the window portrayed it with descriptive words. Days and weeks passed. One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths onlyto find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep. She was saddened and called the hospital attendants to take the body away. As soon as it seemed appropriate, the other man asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone. Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the real world outside. He strained to slowly turn to look out the window beside the bed. It faced a blank wall. The man asked the nurse what could have compelled his deceased room-mate who had described such wonderful things outside this window. The nurse responded that the man was blind and could not even see the wall. She said, "Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you." Epilogue: There is tremendous happiness in making others happy, despite our own situations. Shared grief is half the sorrow, but happiness when shared, is doubled. If you want to feel rich, just count all the things you have that money can't buy. "Today is a gift, that's why it is called the present." |
Categories
All
Archives
October 2021
|