Got up at 6.30am for the past three days. Ppl who knew me know clearly for wat i am getting up so early (6.30 am is too early for a person like me.). First day i went to the ground n slept on the steps !!!. But i was really determined that i wud do something the next day. As soon i entered lallu said, "do round marke aa". Wake up call captain. It was actually me who set that 2 round rule. But no exceptions even for the captain himself ha ha... i started "snailing". The effect of 2 months rest was conspicuous. Then i looked around. I was told that there wud b pretty girls jogging around in the morning but i cud find none but to my surprise a familiar face-- Keeleri...I looked at him. He was jogging faster than me with his injured leg. "Oh captain, u shud be ashamed of urself" i thot. n then the real sprinter in me came to life and completed 2 rounds within a few min. By dat time lallu n others started warming up n after doing some fielding drills, i was told to "pad up". Again altogether a different feeling since i was taking charge of the nets for the past 1.5 yrs. But that was good. I batted for about 15-20 min. Frankly i must admit that i was way below my best, edging, hitting the bottom,edges of the bat etc. "Ok, 1st day. Will improve as days pass by" i thot.
30-4-2012
i woke up with that old injury of mine which i knew deep inside my hear that it wud end my career sooner or later. I hate ligaments, F&^% u.. ha ha... But my heart said i shud go. I started limping to the ground. I did my warm up n told lallu that i wud just field n no batting or bowling. But it was really painful, especially while changing directions. Our session ended early as there were only a few ppl. Met sports officer and discussed about the refund of tickets.Had breakfast n was really surprised to see a friend there so early in mess. On the way back to PD, there were a few steps to climb on. Literally i cudnt lift my leg which reminded me of the day when i was lifted n brought back to my home frm ground. Some how i managed to reach my room. Took rest till aftrnoon.Went for lunch with every one. Came back n tried several time to call sports officer to knew abt the tickets n refund. i cud talk to him only by 5pm n he said dat i had to reach KSCA office by 6pm. Then it was "fast n furious". Got the tickets n sped to KSCA. There were a few occasions when the speedometer touched a little more than 70kmph. It was very fast considering the bangalore traffic n my stds of driving. Habeeb was also there with me as he knew the route very well. In front of the stadium, there was a huge line of vehicles waiting to pass by the signal.
5:49pm : we were in front of Gate no: 9. i told habeeb to take care of the bike n then got down. asked a gate keeper where the office was. he told Gate no:1 which was around 500 m frm der. dint think too much... a sprint...
5.53: Gate 1: "want to meet shankar" without any hesitation the watched let me in. again ran inside. some ppl were looking at me like some body came to bomb the building or something. Shankar was a nice guy. he directed me to the refunding dept and i got the money back.
It was the first time that i entered the KSCA office and i must admit that it was decorated handsome with lot of autographs, photos, mementos... a memorable place for any cricket lover..cool... i took some photos, came back n thanked shankar n came out. As i came out, i started to feel that excruciating pain in my leg. Probably it has started again whn i sprinted to KSCA n might have been there whn i was inside also but i felt it only after coming out. Probably the thought of other things made me feel nothing. i asked habeeb to ride n i sat behind. dropped hab at prakruti n i wanted to return the money but it was hard to drive. Some how i managed to reach lab n now 8.27pm i am in my desk writing this. hav to go for dinner n also to tell lallu that i cant come tomorrow.. not bcoz i hav pain but i hav to drop csk at mekri circle at 7am as he is going home to attend his uncle's funeral.
i am feeling good... just awesome feeling... also i am revising some things which to some others is trivial or obvious but not to me :D
