Damn!!! How many times does that happen? From smalltown Akron to Cleveland...on 8 North...where you will find three stop lights on a frigging highway...we (myself, sunny, puneet and hari) didn't catch one red light...and when we got off at the cricket ground exit...we caught a green again...I have never ever caught all greens on that 8 north....so we were joking around that it was gonna be the driver's day....the driver being my humble self....
So we got to the ground and it was an overcast morning...I didn't think that we would be able to finish the game...but the game began....and our strike bowlers, namely hari and manpreet, got one striking wicket for us...the second wicket partnership was a good one...and it nearly took us out of the game...all our bowlers toiled hard...but be it because of dropped catches or misfields...we couldn't get that partnership broken...finally, our captain, hari, realized that it was time to use his frontline, supreme bowler...so sachin of Akron cricket club (myself again)...came into bowl...at first i was a little nervous...but soon i settled down...i was suprised how difficult it was to control the ball in those conditions...i mean...i know i am a slow medium pacer...but....i guess i swing it too much...just kidding guys...anyways...two overs of mine down and one good over by our chappar captain...and they felt the need to go for some runs...and then it happened...how was thatttttttttttttttttttttt......sohail...their best batsman...was caught plumb in front by our team's best bowler...brijesh sujan...then came another one...and another and another...so the budding all rounder did it again for ACC....starting at 118 in like 24 overs with one wicket down...they were all out for 181 in 34 overs....manpreet CHIPPED in with four wickets too...but they were all lower order batsmen...so now it was time to BAT...
Kiran and myself...opened the innings...and trust me there aren't many better 2 hours in life than going all out against decent bowling and dominating....that's a rush i felt yesterday...i shouldn't get addicted to it though...i know its not my game...kiran is the aggressive one and i stay...thats my role....so i stayed till the twenty something over and got out...but i must say that...kiran had 9 runs...when i had 42.....booooooooo yeahhhhhhhhhhhhh......thats probably the first and last time i'll do that...so i'll rub that into my buddy too....but he played a good innings...that was fun...so yeah back to boasting....i scored a 69 and hari, puneet, kiran bhaskar, and batula all chipped in with a few runs here and there...myself and hari have been fighting for the tag of sachin on the team for two seasons now...but come on now...i think it's a well established fact...i can bowl anything....from offspin to medium pace...JUST LIKE SACHIN...lately i've been batting decently...JUST LIKE SACHIN...and i open the innings...JUST LIKE SACHIN....
ALL I HAVE TO ASK MY CAPTAIN, HARI, TO FINISH THE ARGUMENT "HOW MANY RUNS HAVE YOU SCORED IN THE MIDWEST TOURNAMENT BUDDY?"
NO HARD FEELINGS GUYS...ONLY INTENTED TO BRING SMILES TO YOUR FACES...OR INVITE THE MIDDLE FINGER
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