Cricket Fever
It was Wed Sep 05 22:05:00 IST 2007. And on my roommate's insistence we walked to a Chinese restaurant near to Woodies' for dinner. Only mode we could access the live scores of then live 6th ODI between England and India was cell phone. At first I called up a friend Sanjeeva Reddy. He said said India 269 for 5 after 45th over. They need another 48 runs in 30 balls. Dhoni and Uthappa are playing. We said okay. And consensus was we are set for another disappointment. By the time we finished soup, curiosity started biting again. So I called up Rajnish this time. He said his computer is booting he ll call me back. Oaky. This time the restaurant manager came to our help. With one hand on the receiver, he said, "Sir, Dhoni is out. India 294 for 5. 23 runs needed out of remaining 2 overs." Now beliefs turned into words. Only miracle can save the match, we agreed. I was half way through the cutlets and Vishal about 40 percent through his fired rice. Then went few dumb