**Timeskip
I am now 10 years old ….
To be honest life was pretty peaceful with no worries except school because I had to deal with toddlers.
I am in my fifth standard and I have made a few friends and also met someone with the same ambition.
His name is Ivan .. his parents also encouraged him and joined him in a Cricket club for his training..
So even I decided it's time to play cricket seriously for the first time in this life and shed my parents.
" Aarya it's time for dinner!" My mother called me to the dining table.
I went at sat there and looked at my parents .
"What happened eat while it's hot" my dad said.
"I want to tell you guys something" I started saying how I like cricket and want it to be my future.
They seemed shocked but they are smiling??
" Of course my son why wouldn't I agree to it"
My dad said feeling happy for some reason.
But my mum shocked me in return
" We were actually worried about you… although you care and show love for us you always have been too mature for your she and wouldn't play with other kids…."
"But we do know you are normal or rather special with how intelligent you are and how good you have us happy" my father said while giving a bright smile.
"To think you have found an ambition we are very happy"
I went to bed after talking with my parents and was thinking how they thought I was not normal despite my covering up and acting…
.....…
Roger cricket club it is one of the most famous coins in Moscow and it has produced few international level players .
That is the club Ivan and I joined.
The club has three sections the u-14, u-17 and u-19.
I of course am in the under 14 section given that I am 10.
I bought my kit and went to the club along with Ivan.
There were few oldies and one guy was being called sir by the other staff members so I assumed he was the coach.
He seemed to noticed us and he asked us "Are you the new one in u-14 batch?"
We nodded our heads and we were led to a room full of kids listening to one guy who seemed like a coach.
He looked at us and said "your names?"
"Aarya Volkov" "Ivan Sokolov" we replied
He had a pretty serious face and Ivan seemed to be a little bit scared by it ..
" My name is Andrew and I am the head coach for the section of u-14 .. you will have your club on Friday, Saturday and Sunday so I expect you to come regularly if you are steps about cricket "
" This is the first day after the break so there are many new ones like you so get comfortable as soon as possible "
….,,,,
The new joiners were led by an assistant coach to an open ground.. he was contrasting to the head coach and seemed very friendly ..
"Everyone take out your bats… We will learn a few shots which are a must in cricket"
Everyone took out their bats.. Mine was a size 5 GM bat.
The coach placed everyone in line and arranged space for everyone and showed us the batting stances the important drives blah blah blah
We were asked to do what the coach showed us…
" Everyone be in their batting stance "
Everyone got in their batting stance he observed everyone and was helping them .
Like wise we were also asked to performed the drives
Then the main part arrived he got the balls and led us to nets.
Everyone stood in a line and everyone got their chance to bat for 10 balls.
I was impatiently waiting for my chance..
And after someone time my chance arrived…
I was Hellbent on blowing the coaches mind ..
The coach took the ball and I got in my stance…" That's a Good stance kid" he said I just smiled and nodded then he slowly bowled the pace a 10yr old can play
He bowled a short ball …
I got ready and pulled the ball smoothly
*tak*a perfect sound came from the middle of the bat.
"Nice one" the coach appreciated it but he seemed not too impressed by it.
He bowled another short ball but he bowled a bit wide ..
I then played perfect square cut.
And after that he bowled the rest of the balls but I perfectly played all of them and he was amazed by it..
"Did you take coaching before??" He asked by raising his eyebrow..
"Not this is my first time"I replied to him
"Well that was impressive kid…I look forward to your game" he said again
Then the next moment I heard a sound which I hadn't heard in a long time…
[ TCS system levelled up]