Cricket and Life
I still remember the days when I used to go to play cricket without the knowledge of my father. Apart from the wild pleasure it gives, cricket has always taught me so many life lessons.
The most important of them all is that rashness brings failure. I'd like to expound it with an example. I'm a batter and I have been in numerous situations when the pressure is too high.
If our team needed to score 15 runs or more in the last over, I would feel my heart in my mouth.
I would press the panic button and as a result I would end up failing to chase the target. One day, I was in such a situation that our team wouldn't win even if I hit 6 sixes in the last over. I could realise that I was not nervous. I was able to stay calm and composed and played my natural game.
As a result, I hit 2 sixes in that over which would not be possible if I had actually intended to do so.
After that incident, I always remind myself that if I don't give much thought about the outcome, I will give my best.
It's been proved right umpteen number of times not only in the game of cricket but also in my life.
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When i read "I'm a batter", my mind went like "yeadhu batter a?"😃😃😃yenna maavu a irukum?"... Even though it is a correct expression, my mind started reading it like an idli batter is talking about the rest of the story
*I have been in numerous situations when the pressure is too high* -
Of course, the batter does face high pressure/heat either in idly kundan or dosai kal or paniyara kal.
*If our team needed.. heart in my mouth* -
when the batter is almost at a lower level in the maavu paathiram and there is a need for 15 idlis to be made, kandippa tension irukum. Pathumo pathadho nu.
*I would press the panic button..... chase the target* -
the batter as it goes down make hard idlis. Panicking makes it dense and it fails to chase the target of making fluffy idlis.
*One day...... last over*-
One day there was requirement to make more idlis. Aana maavu irundha alava paatha ethanai dha valichu oothunalum oru thattu kooda theradha madiri irundhuchu.
*I could realise..... actually intended to do so.* -
only then the maavu understood that there is no use in getting tensed and it stayed calm. As a result the maavu got loosened a bit. Adhanala moonu idli oothara alavuku maavu vandhuruchama. Idhe tension a irundhirundha maavu indha alavuku elakkam kuduthurukumanu theriyala nu nenachudhama.
*After that incident.....give my best* - after that the batter gained wisdom and it didn't give much thought whether it is going to be an idli, or dosai or paniyaram. As a result, it always turned out to be the best version of whichever avatar it took.