SUPER OVER !

[I have thought about posting this one for nearly 10 days...Finally i have got enough time for it.]

For some people, cricket is life...but trust me, the reverse can happen also..!!

Life appeared to me like cricket..!!..It seemed as if i were the batsman who was facing the superover in a T-20 match..!!

I will try to elaborate and explain whatever i felt so that you can understand everything even if you are not part my college ...

Finally,our end-sem arrived...!!..Its not like it was unexpected,but the semester had been long and eventful.I was desparetely waiting for the exams to be over so that i could come to my home...!!..I know you all share the same experience..

Frankly speaking,this time i was very careless about the exam.I now feel i should have studied atleast 'something' so that i would not have to face that type of situation at the time of the paper.I was under-prepared and a little nervous.But unfortunately i was still careless! We had six papers...I felt i had nothing left but to face the six deliveries one after another!

So,the game began.....

#BALL-1

First paper was Operating Systems.The syllabus was vast and so was the question paper!

I just had only one day before the exam to 'read the line and length of the ball'...So i could just manage to push for a single...but,alas! i ran short of time..!! (i cldn't finish the paper in time).So, i got run-out on the very first ball of the match...

scoreboard -over 0.1 ... run-0 ... wicket-1

#BALL-2

I wish a new batsman came to the crease after i got out.But the rules were a little different.I had to face all the deliveries...More importantly,there were six different bowlers for six balls this time...

I had a 2 day break.That means i got enough time to judge the line and length.But the bowler was very clever and cruel (VLSI).The ball was pitched up.So i just tried to hit it for a six! But i couldn't hit from the middle of the bat, the ball was top-edged and i got caught at the boundary...

scorecard: over-0.2 ... run-0 ... wicket-2

#BALL-3

The third paper was FOCS(fiber optics communication system).There was no break before it.The ball came fast,real fast,also at a yorker length.I was clueless about what to do...Result-bowled!

scorecard after half the over-run-0 ... wicket-3

#BALL-4

I was really frustated.When i looked at the scorecard,it deeply hurted me.I was batting at 'zero' with three wickets down! But i tried to gather myself...the only positive thing i could see was that it was not a hatrick as one run-out was there! So i told myself whatever comes my way,i will first watch the ball carefully and then play with a straight bat applying my own techniques...I prepared myself in that one day gap...

The exam hours came...the bowler(Industrial Electronics) started taking his run-up.I watched carefully.I felt like facing him before (Basic Electronics)...the ball was released from his arms...i watched and watched till it came to my bat...i played straight...thank God! it was a boundary!

The batsman gets all his confidence back when he plays such type of strokes,especially the straight drive!I was feeling relieved..

scorecard finally started moving:over-0.4,run-4,wicket-3

#BALL-5

I was prepared for this delivery also(digital signal processing).I also had got back my own confidence.I again started concentrating at the ball.Bowler was clever.He bowled a well-disguised slow delivery(slow bcz-dsp paper was unexpectedly on theoretical/slow side).I watched properly and managed a late-cut.The ball pierced the fielders and again a boundary!

score:over-0.5 ... score 8 ... wickets 3

#BALL-6

Final bowler was a spinner(computer communication networks).You never know in which way the ball would turn.I thought about hitting a six in the last delivery so that i could end up scoring a respectable total, putting some challenge before the opposition.

I got two day gap.But in the practice session,i got little injured.Still i thought i could go for the full monty.Finally the ball arrived.I could read it was a doosra.But this time the pitch behaved awkwardly.There was uneven bounce.I slapped hard at the ball...But still it is in the air!I dont think it will cross the boundary...But i hope it lands in safe zone so that i can take 2 runs to move the score-card to double digits!

Still waiting for the umpire's signals(results)!

OOhhhh....!!

Finally,it's over...my job is done...I dont know if i ve put enough on the board...but i am happy that the over is over now...

Trully speaking,i really enjoyed playing!You never know when life will throw a bouncer at you.Be prepared for every thing...More importantly,enjoy the game called LIFE...!!