Our today's match was against Dark Knights, one of the favourites to win KPL. They won the toss and elected to bat. We made a bowling change and asked Tarun to open the bowling. And it worked!!!He bowled a good line and length and gave away only 9 runs. Sagar was the next bowler. He was not at his best today and after he was done with his over the score read 2 overs 19 runs. Uday came in next and wrested the initiative back with a tight over.
Sagar came in to bowl his second over. Sagar sensed danger.
"Kya fart hei!!!Koi runs hi nehi bana raha hei ye Fart Knights waale. Agar chase karne ke liye runs hi nehi hei tho BCCK* ko mere batting skills ke baare mei kaise patha chalega"
BCCK* - Board for Controlling students from playing Cricket in Kresit
By the end of Sagar's second over, the opponents were going at around 10 per over.
Next was the girl's over. In came our in-form bowler Maate. She made a silent prayer to Aloo Devi, the goddess of Aloo parathas, to give her the strength to knock down the opponent's stumps. As usual, the Ultimate Warriors kept cheering for Maate
"Maate tuche apni Aloo Paratha ki kasam, aaj tuche apni Aloo Paratha ki karz chukana hi padega. Udaa de humare dushmanom ko"
And guess what. Maate's Aloo Parathas did not let her down. She bowled a maiden over!!!! And the icing on the cake - no dead balls at all!!!!!!!
This can mean only one thing - Maate must have emptied the entire set of Aloo Parathas meant for the whole of H11. So what if H11 inmates have to go hungry today - what an over madamji.
At the end of 7 overs the Dark Knights made 60.
Our innings started. And guess who opened the batting along with Tarun...the greatest batsman ever to have walked the floors of C wing 2nd floor H12...the one and only...yups that will be me.
As usual nothing new to add in the script - bowler bowling, me swinging, keeper getting catch practise, Rahul Dravid threatening Sagar, me back in pavilion "retired hurt".
2 overs left. 32 to win.
Mukand, playing his first match, looked a little tense. But he kept his cool and managed to bowl a decent over. 11 runs came of it.
6 balls 22 to win.
No one had any hopes of winning from here. Guru had already started playing rock-paper-scissors with Sheiku.
Rishi bowling...Kiran batting.
Rishi, after a successful first over with just 5 runs coming off it, was looking confident.
In comes Rishi with his first ball. Kiran swings his bat and runs a single. The ball goes straight to Debo. Debo fielded the ball and then looked at Sagar at the keeper's end. Both of them communicated with their eyes
Debo : "Jab tuk Suraj chaand rehega, Debo fielding ka raja rehega"
Sagar : "Acha aisa hei. Oyee Kiran bhaag".
Debo : "Oyee saale bhaag math. Mei mazaa kar raha tha be..Oyee cheating math kar".
But it was too late. The 2nd run was already taken
Rishi : "Oyee saale #$!@#$@ Debo tera #$@#$@$ maar doonga mei"
5 balls...20 to win.
Rishi runs in...bowls a fast one....only to be dispatched to the boundary for 4.
4 balls 16 to win.
Rishi now balls a straighter one. Kiran lashes his bat at it. It goes high high high and hurray......it crosses the boundary ropes for a six!!!!!!!!!!!
All hopes came rushing back to us. Guru even refused to continue playing rock-paper-scissors with Sheiku. He didn't want to miss out any action.
3 balls 10 to win.
Tension mounting. Sweat all over Rishi's face. He looks straight at Kiran's face. It seems Rishi is contemplating a change in line and length of the ball.
Rishi comes running in. Kiran grips the bat tighter. Rishi bowls...
WIDE!!!!!!!!!
2 more runs (wide accounts for 2 runs in KPL).
3 balls 8 to win.
Rishi has no idea where to bowl now. Kiran seems to be hitting the ball as if it was a football.
Rishi balls the 4th ball of his over.
Kiran swings his bat...but misses. Oh Damn.
2 balls 8 to win.
Rishi grips the ball tight..comes running in again...and bowls an over pitched ball...perfect ball to be dispatched to the boundary and Kiran did no mistake....and guess what...it was also a no ball!!!!!!!!!Free hit!!!!!!!!!!!
2 balls, 3 to win, free hit.
Needless to say Kiran utilised the free hit to the hilt and closed out the match with a boundary.....Ultimate Warriors wins!!!!!!!! What a knock by Kiran. It will certainly be remembered for a long time to come.
The Ultimate Warriors celebrated the victory in true Warrior style. No one had expected us to win even till the last over....it was truly a memorable match...and the Hero...Kiran...A gem of an innings.
After the celebrations, me, Vinu, Rishi and Srikrishna were walking back. Rishi was dejected.
"Yaar Krishna, tell me yaar, what did I do wrong. Do you think I bowled many over-pitched balls"
"Yes yes you bowled many over-pitched balls".
"You think I should have bowled more yorkers"
"Yes yes I think you should have bowled more yorkers"
"I should have bowled a better line and length"
"Yes yes I think you should have bowled a better line and length"
"Saale mere hi copy kyu kar rehe ho. Kuch aur bolo be"
"Bharat Mata ki Jai"
"Yeh kya tha"
"Tune hi tho bola kuch aur bolne ke liye"
"@$%#%^!@#!@$"
Meanwhile in the other match "The Strikers" won an upset victory over the tournament favourites "Scorpions".
Tomorrow is a resting day for us. And rest for me also. No blog tomorrow. Whew.
1 comment:
I think u forgot about bumps we given to after match.... :)
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