The tournament of Hero cricket cup is under way. Our team, the Royals XI is taking on Bumba XI. It's the semi final. We reached at a situation, where anything can happen. We need 14 of 5 balls and unfortunately, I'm facing the bowler. AANNNDDD… it's a dot ball. don't be surprised, that's how I play. And now it's 14 of 4. Shrey qucikly ran to me.
"Dude, what the fuck are you doing out their?" he asked, furious.
"Can't you see, how fast it was, I tried to hit it but I missed…" I replied.
"Fuck it, don't go for big hit, it's my duty. Get me back to strike. Take a single" he ordered. The frustration of being at non strikers end, for a long time and watching your team lose, was clearly visible on his face. I nodded.
The bowler came running in and somehow, I managed to connect the bat with ball and a quick single.Shrey is back on strike. 13 of 3, one more dot and it's almost finished for us.
But Shrey had another plan, he smashed next ball for a massive six. Just 7 of 2. When he's on a role, he all over it. And next 2 balls went for same direction, making ourselves into the finals. We celebrated our victory against the giants of the tournament.
"Guys, how about beer?" said our captain, Sreejit.
"I'm okay if you're paying" I retorted.
"Okay fine, I will pay"
"No yaar, not today, I have to go somewhere" Shrey replied. We all knew where he's heading to.
"Oh, come on yaar. We won the semi finals, you cannot miss this" Sreejit tried to convince him. But Shrey, he already made a decision in his mind.
"We just reached final. You guys are celebrating like we won" he replied.
"Come na Shrey, if you're not interested, then it's okay. At least don't kill our mood." I said.
"Okay sorry! You guys carry on. We will celebrate together, once we win the tournament. I promise." Shrey replied and hurried out to his bike. He was getting late. He was suppose to pick Pratusha from her collage and drop her at home. He was an unpaid driver for her.