On the third day of a crucial test
match between India and Pakistan, there comes Shoaib Akhtar firing in at 150kmph and we have the WALL at the other then presenting the full face of the bat to
play the best known defensive shot known to our country. Some people call this
wasting time and lowering the scoring rate. On another day, when the best known
slip catches drops a sitter, we all curse him. When our best known bowler bowls
a wide, we are in the utmost verge of breaking our television sets. We
culminate everything into one phrase, “This should not be done in the
International level”. Yes. No denying that fact.
Cricket is religion. No one hates the
game. From the days of childhood having a dream to be like Sachin, to the days
after college, we never seem to stop playing this game. That is when you
realize how tough it is. We drop the easiest of catches, miss scoring on the
easiest of short balls. 15 overs and you search for the nearest tap to refill
yourself!! This is when the realization dawns on you the painstaking effort it
takes to be a cricketer. Unless you confine your life to ONLY CRICKET, it can
never be made into our profession. Hats off and I salute each cricketer who
strives for the game of cricket and their country!!
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