Passion for cricket

 I couldn't remember from which day I got the inspiration to play cricket.I have two- three friends living in the same building with whom I used to play cricket.My age at that time was around 5-6 years.I could remember that my friend had a bat which was long enough to touch our chests and in weight I was able to move it only a bit meaning I could play my shots only in my mind.In practical I was able to play 2-3 balls only and my highest scores would be 1 run normally.In exception cases,if my shot would  be able to send ball in slip,I would get 4 runs also sometimes.We had to play cricket and this was the way by which we used to get tired in the evening and used to dream during study time that I would surely play better next day.Our long and heavy bat was the real hero of our matches.In this way 1-2 years passed.

                         In class 2 when I was around 7 years old,we played a match against the team of my classmate.We lost the toss and I went to open the ball.Umpire gave my ball a no ball signal.This continued.I was in shock.I was not able to understand.Boys were laughing.Then I was made to understand that I was actually throwing.I didn't really know that I had to bowl by "haath ghuma ke".Boys were shouting"jerk maar raha hai".By any way,my over was completed.I was totally devastated.My whole ego went under the ground.We had a lack of bowlers.So I was allowed to bowl again.I continued to bowl like"throw maar raha hai".I couldn't remember that how much the opposition team scored?But I could remember that my team was able to score only 17 runs and didn't last for more than 5 overs.This was not the only problem.I had the same issue with my fielding skills too.I was not able to catch the ball.Again I became an element of mockery.In batting I scored just 2 runs in my half pant and t-shirt.This was the first shock in my cricketing career.I along with my team were in utter shame and my classmate introduced me with the basics of cricket.My classmate took full maza of me along with my team.My classmate was an avid reader of the magazine"Cricket Samrat" and he had surely more knowledge of cricket than us.He was a better player than us.And unknowingly I did the mistake of playing match against an expert team.The opposition team was surely humble to complete the match against us.Otherwise it was surely the against the ego of any team to play against naives like us. Later I will share my story of how I become a great allrounder with passage of time.