Cricket Match ... after a Decade!!!

Can't remember last time I played cricket with my mates! Probably at college corridor ( i miss our Eden :P )... 4-5 months or so, boredom was getting all over me... found an sudden escape from it :) Thanks to the game of cricket...

A series of three matches, unpredictable pitch of Milan Sangha ( opposite of Jaya Cinema), 16 young men (some of them did not possess any cricket skill :P )... stage was perfectly set for an perfect clash :)

line ups:- (/ = bat, O = ball, + = keeper)

Team Avra

1. Avrajyoti ( / + )
2.Arnab ( O )
3.Victor ( / )
4.Mrinal (??)
5.Tanmoy ( / O )
6.Sandip ( / O )
7.Sourabh ( / )
8.A local boy( / )

Team Prince

1.Prince ( / O )
2.Bikram ( O )
3.Anupom ( / O )
4.Sushruta (??)
5.Robot (??)
6.Abhra ( / + )
7.Kuntal( local guy) ( / O )
8.A local guy, friend of Bikram ( / )

1st match :-
Prince won the toss, elected to bat first. A superb bowling performance by me & Sandip, bundled them for only 21 :) In reply we lost only two wickets... job well done by our batsmen...Sandip remained not out for 12, me on 4* ... Sourabh, our lefty star was dismissed of an unfortunate run out :(... A commanding performance all-round :)

2nd match:-
Avra won the toss, we were batting first. Due to early blows, poor show by Victor ( who did not get rid of the affects, of a White Mischief file), some inspiring & sharp legspins from Bikram... We managed 30... Tanmoy batted really well for his 15 odd :)

Team Prince had a poor start, Sandip provided us an early breakthrough... It was the 3rd over... of Tanmoy's bowling, I took a blinder... probably the greatest catch of my life :) Diving towards right, covering 2-3 meters ground, inches from the ground... oh!! I was over the Moon!!! My joy did not stay too longer, when i saw 5-6 people were running towards me :( They were overjoyed I guess, jumped on me :( oh!! I was able to save my life, by a whisker!!! Next over, I went to bowl, my dream run continued, took 3 wickets of 4 balls, Avra took a blinder behind the stumps...We were charged up... Team Prince lost by 15 runs :)

Last Match:-

Prince won the toss, elected to Bat! It was an one man show!!! The local boy, Kuntal... utilized every bit of his experiences playing at his home ground! The boy really has great skills, one can say most suitable skills for half-hand cricket!!! He scored 40 odd destroying our bowling all over the park!!! Team Prince made 55.

55 (8 overs) runs on that ground... was just impossible to chase!!! They had a true great bowler in Bikram! We were playing steadily, but 55 runs were just too much!!! There was Victor, spreading his helping hand towards the opposition!!! He faced 30 balls (apprx.)... missed 20 of them!!! It was the last over... 22runs to win , from 6 balls... Avra on strike, Kuntal bowling...

1st ball- delicate late cut... 4
2nd ball- leg glance... 4
3rd ball- bit lucky... no slips in place... 4
4th ball- Avra came down the track... missed it :(
5th ball- again a delicate leg glance... 4
6th ball- lofted over mid-wicket... 4

Kudos to his Batsmanship, we lost by a single run !!!

An eventful day of cricket came to an end! We were overjoyed, not because the cricket we played was superb... because 13 old friends got-together and had a blast!!!

An amazing joy... some wonderful memories...

...got them after a Decade I guess :)