2023 (JAN 15)

I was musing in afternoon after coming back from school but the universe had other plans for me the fan fell upon my head and my life was forfeit.

2017 ( JAN 15)

After some time I woke i looked around i realised i was in my old bedroom in Bhilai but after sometime thinking i decided it's time to fulfill mine and every indian dream to become a successful cricketer to become a modern great .

When I was at 7th grade i was more athletic and easy going person.

I looked at clock it was 10:00 am my school was at 12:00pm it lasted to 5:00. My mom called me to have chai(tea) and have breakfast.

I looked at clock after eating the breakfast then I started preparing for the school.

At 11:25 my auto driver came to pick me up . At 11:55 we reached the my school the school was same as i remembered boy i have forgotten many things including several of old friends name .

After school i raced to the house and wore my cricketing clothes and took my cricket kit and then raced to the cricket academy.

At the cricket academy i met coach my other mates were practicing there at nets i did stretches came to net to start bowling i have always known i have talent in fast bowling as opposed to my mideocre fielding maybe I am to harsh with my self on the matters of fielding .

My speed is not great but what can I expect from a 13 year old body but my line length is great.

After bowling for an hour the sun started to set the sunset came . We started packing our equipments and I chatted with my best friend Alex Pimplapura who was an off-spin bowler.

At journey back to home i thought of sandpaper gate and thought Smith and Warner a year ban was too excessive maximum they should banned for 5-6 matches cricket Australia was being too Harsh.

JAN 30

Today 15 days has gone by since I have come to the past my routine has been the same .

Bearing through the school going to the academy having fun with my mate Alex playing with his doggo blackie that cute little thing .

Today after coming to Ganesh maidan the coach started by saying tomorrow is the trial for u-14 cricket in bsp stadium starting at 8:00 am and said he will be present there.

The day of the trial

I woke up at 6:30 am and had to wake my dad From his beauty sleep. After getting ready i called alex but the phone was picked up by alex mom that bastard was still asleep.

After my Father dropped me to the bsp stadium i started doing stretches with academic friends.after sometime the trial started and my name was finally called I got to my bowling mark started running my first ball landed slight overpitch but the batsman got yorked by overextending his legs, my second ball was perfect it even swung a little bit the batsman was beaten , my third ball was driven through the covers, my forth ball was at Good length has extra pace in it the batsman got beaten by change in speed and the ball graced his wickets .

After seeing my bowling the selector of the trial Mister Jamal shortlisted me and had me bowl 4 overs nonstop to perhaps judge my fitness but my fitness was at top due to cycling to school everyday day and bowling nonstop 6 to 7 overs in the nets after this he dismissed me.

After sometime I was called to the office and was informed i was to join the BSP club team on 9 February as i was selected in the 15 member squad for this season i was obviously overjoyed.

Time skip (09 February 2017)

( Format 20 overs )

Today was the very first match of him playing in the club level if he did well he would get selected for the state U-14 team He was nervous but excited at the same time as he walked onto the field for the first time.

As the team hurdle Ravi singh the captain announced his playing eleven surprisingly i was included in it maybe the reason was missing Raman who had exams and pulled out of match as last movement.

I was given bowl by the captain in the 5th over I gripped the ball tightly, trying to control my nerves. I took a few steps back, then ran forward and delivered the ball with all his might.

To my delight, the ball swung beautifully and beat the batsman's bat. It was a great start to my debut match.

The next ball was overpitched the batsman hit the ball with gracious drive the ball went for four .

The third ball was a inswinger it swung back enormously the batsman was dumbfounded the ball rattled the stumps i was bit dumbfounded with the Swing tooo and internally laughed at myself for this unintended swing and started celebrating with my teammates .

At the end of the innings my figures were

Bowler Overs Runs Conceded Wickets

shivam 4. 17. 1.

The innings total score of the team was this

149/7

highest scorer (U. sharma 35 runs in 19 balls)