This Saturday I played cricket again for TCS Mumbai, after a gap of 4 months. It feels great to be back in the team, wearing TCS whites again, holding the bat or the red ball, look at the pitch, feel the rough, dive to save runs, get your clothes dirty.
I had been preparing myself back to fitness for this day. Going regularly to gym for last 3 weeks, running 2 kms and walking 1 km everyday with exercise to loose all the excess flab I had built during last 4 months.
It was a 40 over match against Bluestar and we batted first. Our batters made 190 in 40 overs. A decent, defendable total on a dusty pitch.
They were playing well and had a good start. I was always in action from ball one. I was standing at mid-off or fine leg and the ball was following me like crazy. At last I took the catch of the player who was hitting the ball all around and making me run J
After the 16th over captain handed the ball to me and there was left hander who was batting well. My first over was a disaster and was hit for 2 boundaries by the left hander. Second over 1 boundary hit by the same left handed batter. I took revenge by taking his wicket in my 3rd over. After second over, I bowled well in rhythm and with right line & length. In the end my figures were 6 over, 29 runs and 3 wickets.
In the end we lost the match because we could not get last 2 wickets, and they scored the required 50 runs in 12 overs.
Wish I had taken couple of wickets more and finished the match. But that’s cricket.
Looking forward to play the Inter Tata matches from next weekend!!
PS: For those who don’t know, I play as an off spinner in the team.
I had been preparing myself back to fitness for this day. Going regularly to gym for last 3 weeks, running 2 kms and walking 1 km everyday with exercise to loose all the excess flab I had built during last 4 months.
It was a 40 over match against Bluestar and we batted first. Our batters made 190 in 40 overs. A decent, defendable total on a dusty pitch.
They were playing well and had a good start. I was always in action from ball one. I was standing at mid-off or fine leg and the ball was following me like crazy. At last I took the catch of the player who was hitting the ball all around and making me run J
After the 16th over captain handed the ball to me and there was left hander who was batting well. My first over was a disaster and was hit for 2 boundaries by the left hander. Second over 1 boundary hit by the same left handed batter. I took revenge by taking his wicket in my 3rd over. After second over, I bowled well in rhythm and with right line & length. In the end my figures were 6 over, 29 runs and 3 wickets.
In the end we lost the match because we could not get last 2 wickets, and they scored the required 50 runs in 12 overs.
Wish I had taken couple of wickets more and finished the match. But that’s cricket.
Looking forward to play the Inter Tata matches from next weekend!!
PS: For those who don’t know, I play as an off spinner in the team.
4 comments:
santosh............ good to go thru ur blog once again..infact i was just wondering its been quite a long time that u wrote the last blog. neways.......... tumhara blog to acha tha (hamesha ki tarah)...but....but/....but.... meri dukhti rag pe haath rakha......... i was waiting for world cup but after the Indian team's performance........... all went down the drain............ kash agar humare indian players bhi tumhari tarah khelte.............may be 2-4 off spinners tumhari tarah hote ..to 3+3+3=9 wickets to girte hi girte............ anyways...just teasing u ....... but good yaar...u have atleast something to look forward to for weekends....nahi to hummmmmmmm
Great goin sir..good start to your career all over again..i know after an injury whats its like to start afresh..but thats whats we need to learn in life as well na..never give up and jus keep fightin it out..on the field or off the field..was infact waitin for your call on sat but not a prob..was too tied up to call myself..
meri baat maan le bhai...kriket chhod aur gullidanda khel!!!!
Hi Santosh...Nice Blog. I wanted to give a characteristic comment of mine but some Anonymous had already done that on my behalf. Seems you have many other good friends like me. Joker apart... best wishes for your regaining your fitness. Hopefully (maybe in my dreams, i can see you as fit as i first saw you as a roomie in B School
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