Welcome back to an exciting yet scintillating contest. The dusk was about to set. Dynamites surrounded each other discussing the strategies to defeat the Nintendos. Strategy! Would you ever believe someone strategizing to defeat someone with no armor? But it was the case here. The Dynamites then dispersed and stood at their respective positions. The girls continued to stare Hitesh who was then much closer to them as he took charge of the ball. Yuvi takes guard at the crease on the leg stump. “Right arm over” shouted Hitesh. Took a long run-up and delivered a magnificent delivery – nice and straight – a perfect yorker to start with. More importantly a dot ball. “Come on guys we can’t afford a dot ball in this match”, shouted Bhuvi. The comment worked and Yuvi sent the next ball sailing over the fence for a massive six. Last ball of the over and whoa the ball’s lost. Unlike international matches, there was no replacement of the ball which was 7 overs old (ROFL). The treasure hunt began. Everyone was looking for the ball with their sharp penetrating eyes as though all had become Sherlock Holmes. From the vandalism of bunch of leaves to the cultivation of sandhills, everyone tried harder and harder to discover the green ball. “Absence of ball stopped play”, would be the normal headline of the match if the match would have been broadcasted. “Mil gyi (Got it)”, shouted Bhuvi there showing the ball gleefully with a sense of pride. At the end of first over, the scoreboard read twenty for no loss showcasing they are no way underdogs there at the park. Home advantage! Isn’t it?
Rohit started with a new over. The Nintendos kept on believing they could win that game. The Dynamites who took things a bit casual first up were then tightening things up. “No cheeky singles”, shouted Saket. The second over was again full of runs. Dhoni, replicating the real one, executed a perfect helicopter shot with great power and implanted the ball out of the park on the rooftop. At that very moment, he ran – not to take a single – but to grab the ball from the rooftop. That was a sumptuous hit, given his height and age. The second over finished with a whopping score of forty-eight odd runs without any damage. The Dynamites were then pushed to make strategies and manipulate fields. They were under pressure. The captain turned to Sachin for the third over. Meanwhile, a gust of wind pierced through the majestic park disturbing the leaves vigorously. Some moment of exuberance by the environment, may be! There came Sachin, jogging hard to get his team back into the game. The first ball of the third over and he had sneaked through the defence of Yuvi. Bowled ‘em! What a delivery! Pitched up on and around middle, deviated a bit after pitching and clattered onto the brick resembling the off stump. Celebrations surrounded the Dynamites. Sachin had got them the required breakthrough. Bhuvi then took guard. Sachin grabbed the ball to set up for another delivery. Sachin then huffed and puffed and whoa where that came from. Bowled ‘em again! It was two in two. He bowled slower on and around off. The ball ricocheted off the surface into the right-hander and ruptured the defences of Bhuvi. It would have been banging the middle stump had there been a middle stump. Sachin was then on a hattrick. Phew! How quickly this game changes. And that was the excitement at the park there. Shami to face then. Sachin took guard of the ball, came sprinting in excitement. Shami then slogged and got high in the air. “Catch it”, shouted Sachin. The ball has been caught. Excitement, excitement and excitement. And the umpire signaled a NO-BALL. Okay, what! A NO-BALL. What had he done! That was too much excitement from Sachin. There came the signal of “Free hit”. The delight in the eyes of Shami was a wonderful sight for a beholder.
Saket was busy discussing with Sachin. By the way, how costly are no-balls – too costly, can cost you a match. Let’s see what happens here. They came up with a certain plan. Sachin shouted, “Right arm round”. Sachin delivered a ball near the toe of Shami and Shami slogged it to dispatch it out of the park. Six runs! Half-century came up for Nintendos in the third over. Wonderful piece of batting that and wonderful cricket all around. At the end of third over, Nintendos were sixty runs for the loss of two wickets. Nintendos require another forty-one to win that historical match and they had two wickets to boast about. Who would you remember at this situation? Of course, MSD! The onus was then on Dhoni to get his side back home. Saket brought himself into the attack. MSD showed great maturity and managed to get nineteen runs out of the fourth over with his lusty blows. The last ball fetched them a single which was good for Nintendos as Dhoni would keep strike for the finale.
Final over of the innings and it was Dhoni versus Sachin. Sachin, apart from bowling the no-ball, was so far the best bowler in both the innings while Dhoni, on the other side had kept his calm and composure with his team dwelling upon him to take them through the cross-line. The first ball of the over and it was a dot. Woosh, it went past the outside edge of Dhoni’s blade. Second ball of the over resulted in a full toss and away she went into the forest of leaves. Six runs judged by the rules! Sixteen of four deliveries. Third ball of the over and he didn’t get enough bat on it. Dhoni was reluctant to change strike. Pretty obvious. That was a dot. Equation then was sixteen from three deliveries. Fourth delivery of the over and Dhoni thumped it over long-on for another six. Oh my god! What a shot that was. That was a rare poor delivery from Sachin. A juicy half-volley and that had been hit hard and lofted it for a humongous six. Ten of two deliveries. Tensions all around. Sachin then went around the wicket. Sachin then went full on his legs which had been flicked past deep square leg for another boundary. A very difficult shot to execute. That was wonderfully delivered but Dhoni had been wonderful throughout his innings. Last ball of the innings. A six was what, was required. Saket heavily discussing with Sachin. Dynamites were under super pressure. The game could not be tied unless Sachin delivered a no-ball resulting in no run. Dhoni took guard, standing just covering his stumps. Sachin stayed on with the previous line of action. Right arm round. There came Sachin huffing and puffing. Jumped on his feet and delivered a toe yorker to which Dhoni attacked as hard as he could. The ball went flat. Guess what! The ball hits the bottom of the wall on the full. SIX RUNS, A flat SIX! That was the game for Nintendos. Dhoni lifted his hand in the air. What a victory they had achieved. The Dynamites were disappointed but they kept smiles on their faces. The joy and exult on the faces of Nintendos were worth viewing. The Dynamites too enjoyed seeing the small kids. The park witnessed a major upset where the small young guns defeated there out belongings. The sun settled quite majestically. The Dynamites left the park in excitement as they revived and rejoiced some of the cool days of their lifetime. The Nintendos were furthermore excited. The dusk settled in wrapping an entertaining day.
It is not the type and the age of person that provides you the success. It is the will and the attitude that takes you to the next level and differentiate you from others. A strong positive attitude can even make you successful in an area where people can’t just imagine. The confidence that Dhruv aka Dhoni had made him win the bet and the match.
People are getting lazier and lazier day by day resulting in development of various new diseases. It is really important to be active in one’s life and enrich oneself by reliving such moments. This will make one STRESS-free and help enjoy one’s life in all the more complete manner.
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