Sports and me

I have always been a sports fan – watching and playing – since childhood. It’s another thing that I haven’t gotten a chance to indulge a lot in sports activities ever since Tekriti happened but I always try to keep myself updated with the score cards and the highlights – besides longing to get time / chance to be in a sports field.

Like almost all Indians, cricket is one game that I enjoy the most. And this is something that I got partly from my dad. There used to be a time when me and my dad would both wake up early morning just to catch up a live match on the TV – one of the very few shows that we both liked. In fact, when I was at the US – we guys even created a team and used to play in a league – the scores are not worthy enough to be talked about, though. Interestingly enough, when I woke up today and was getting ready to come to the office – I just picked up and wore the T-Shirt that was my cricket team t-shirt at the US.

However, what pitched me to write this post was 2 good news yesterday (and I did catch the highlights) -
1) Cricket: India finally playing to their batting potential and comfortably chasing the New Zealand score of 278 in the allotted 50 overs match. It had been a while when India chased a big total – so that makes me happy.
2) Tennis: Sania Mirza creating history, becoming the first Indian to enter the fourth round of the US Open in New York, on Friday. This is phenomenal. I (and a lot others) have said this before also – this girl has a lot of potential. She just need to make sure that the success doesn’t go to her head – and keep doing the great work. Hats off to her! Sharapova – be aware – I think you are really pretty but I will be much happier to see Sania beating you in the next round.

Back to work!