Thank You guys for the wonderful support , 446 reviews wow . Keep reviewing like this . Here is your next update…and again from this chapter there are three parallel scenes running one is in the field , other is in the commentary box and third is in Audience….
Hero : Dude semi final ke baad theek hoga . Abhi second match ke baad ACP ko batana hai vo kidnap hone vala tha aur Abhijeet ka thoda anger bhi dikhana hai vaise agar aap bolte ho to skip kardu vo sab ?..
And please sab batado ki theek semi final ke baad karu ya pehle...
Chapter 20 :
Match Referee : Ladies and Gentlemen get ready for the national anthem of both the countries . I urge you all to stand up as a mark of respect for both the countries . First we have India's national anthem followed by New Zealand's…
After few minutes ,
In Commentary box :
Kapil Dev , Sunil Gavaskar and Michael Atherton entered inside the commentary box…
Sunil Gavaskar ( In pride ): Aaj dekhiyo Kapil humara Abhijeet firse New Zealand ki chutti kardega…
Kapil Dev nodded at him and to occupy the central seat he ran from doorstep but Sunil Gavaskar pulled the seat from back and Kapil Dev fell on floor with a thud…and Michael Atherton was controlling his laughter with much difficulty...
Kapil Dev ( In irritation ): Abe kya kar raha hai ?!...
Suni Gavaskar ( Rolling his eyes ): Vo kya hai na centre vali seat se better dikhta hai to mujhe bethna hai vahan pe…
Kapil Dev ( stood in irritation and pointed his finger on him ): Dekh tu…
Sunil Gavaskar ( crossing his arms on his chest ): Haan dekh raha hun bol…
Kapil Dev ( Instantly downed his finger seeing the heated gaze of his friend ): Kuch nahi mai pehele aaya tha to mai baithunga final…
Sunil Gavaskar ( Grabbing the seat possessively ): Abe ye kahan ka logic hai pichli baar bhi tu betha tha centre mein iss baar main baithunga bass….
Kapil Dev ( In Frustration ): Dekh mai na tujhse bada hun age mein maan meri baat…while Michael Atherton was staring at their faces with wide eyes...
Sunil Gavaskar ( Leaving the seat ): To mai chota hun na tum apne chote bhai ke sath aise karoge…
Michael Atherton, grabbing the chance, took the central seat and sat on it...while he was casually eating an apple…
Both of them were busy quarreling and suddenly their gazes fell on him…
Sunil Gavaskar ( In irritation ): Dekha tere vajah se ye betha hai vahan pe…
Kapil Dev ( In shock pointing his finger towards himself ): Meri vajah se abe lad tu raha tha mere sath galti teri hai huh ajeeb zamana hai hatt dekhne se ab mujhe Abhijeet ko….and he went and sat…
Sunil Gavaskar ( casually shrugging ): Meri kya galti hai isme huhh ! ruko mai bhi dekhunga usko he too went and sat on either side of him…
In Field :
Indian Team arrived in the middle , Abhijeet set the fielding position...he arranged a short third man, a fine leg , a point, a short square leg, 2 slips , a mid on and a mid off outside the thirty yard circle . He himself was standing in the gully region...
New Zealand's opening batsman arrived..Martin Guptil took the strike and Colin Munro went to the other end...Abhijeet gave the ball to Tushar as per their plan…
Abhijeet ( whispering in his ear ): Aap na outswing karao pehli ball dekhte hai conditions ki vajah se kitni seam aur swing hogi and cross seam pakad ke daalna...Tushar nodded at him seriously…
Tushar held the ball from cross seam and bowled as per his instructions but the ball was called as wide as due to the overcast conditions the ball out of the desired line that was drawn on the pitch…
Tushar ( murmured ): Hey bhagwan itni swing mil rahi hai wide hi jaa rahi hai vo…
In Audience :
Boy ( Laughing ): Bhai dekha hai bowlers swing karne ke liye koshish karte hai yahan to control mein hi nahi aa rahi hai wide jaa rahi hai...his group started laughing at his comment…
ACP sir : Bhai itni swing mil rahi hai ( In sadness ) Phele Abhi ko aana chahiye tha na do second mein out ho jata vo….
DIG sir ( supporting him ): Aur nahi to kya mera tiger to abhi out kardeta usko….
In Commentary box :
Michael Atherton ( shocking tone ): Bro see the amount of swing they are getting , it is difficult for them to control the ball...
Kapil Dev ( to in shock ): Dude in India spinning conditions prevail over seaming , really I am shocked seeing the conditions…
Sunil Gavaskar ( Supporting him in agreement ): Abe Kapil yaad hai apna test match England mein jisme humari puri team…
Kapil Dev ( In a bit of embarrassment ): Bass iske aage mat bol aakhir captain main tha na mic mein bol raha hai tu jinko nahi bhi pata unko bhi pata chal jayega...Sunil Gavaskar nodded his head in disappointment…
In Field :
Abhijeet came near him again…
Abhijeet : Inswinger daalo firr control se bahar hai outswinger to thoda try karo hojaye...Tushar nodded at him…
He took his run up and again bowled but an inswinger...and the batsman edged it but it went for a boundary...Abhijeet showed him a thumbs up . He took the run up and again bowled and it was a dot…
After the first over New Zealand were 5 for zero…
Abhijeet gave the next over to Kartik , he took his run up and bowled a low full toss , the batsman miscued , Abhijeet ran forward and grabbed a simple catch…
Abhijeet ( throwing the ball in air and pouncing on kartik ): Bhai kya ball daali hai pehli ball pe out haan Yes !...
Kartik ( Teasingly ): Abe Captain to tu hai tune idea diya yahan daalne ka to daaldi ab...
Abhijeet smiled shyly at it...while other team members came and pounced on both of them…
In Commentary Box :
Michael Atherton ( standing up on chair ):Whoooo ! Yesss ! it's out New Zealand are one down in 2nd over of the match…
Kapil Dev ( supporting him and was jumping ): Ya ! it's because of our cute youngest captain and his excellent captaincy….
Sunil Gavaskar ( suddenly exclaimed ): Yes ! I knew it before this ball that this was going to happen..
Kapil Dev ( murmured ) : Haan isko sab pata hota hai pata nahi cricket ki line mein kaise aagaya ye isse better to astrologer ban jata…
In Audience :
As soon as the catch was taken ACP jumped from the seat…
ACP sir ( enthusiastically ): Yes ! dekha tumne Arpita mere bete ne catch kiya..
DIG sir ( while dancing ): Are abhi dekhna bowling karne aane do wicket pe wicket lega vo….
Arpita shook her head disappointedly with their childish behaviour…
In Field :
Kane Williamson , opposition captain came to the middle ...Abhijeet arranged the short third man in the thirty yard circle to block singles to that area , three slips , mid on , mid wicket outside the circle….
Abhijeet ( coming near Kartik ): Dekho bhai ab aap na off stump ke bahar dalna okay… Kartik nodded at him seriously and he bowled the desired line and length as suggested by their captain…
After 2nd over New Zealand were 7 for 1 , Now Abhijeet gave the ball to Aaryan…
he took his run up and bowled a short ball but the batsman pulled it for a beautiful six...and his 2nd ball went for a four…
In Audience :
Boy ( with a gloomy face ): Lagta hai Pakistan vale mein bhagwan apne sath the to jeet gaye ab dekho six aur four jaa rahe hai….
Girl ( rolled her eyes ): Tujhe kuch nahi pata haina aise hi cricket fan banke ghumta rehta hai…
Boy ( crossing his arms on his chest ): Kya matlab hai tera…
Girl ( explaining him ): Ye ki dekh first 10 overs mein fielding restrictions hoti hai sirf 2 hi fielder reh sakte hai circle ke bahar to jayenge hi na ek do fours , uske baad dekhna tu hum hi jeetenge…
Girl 2 ( supporting her ): Haan yaar hum hi jeetenge kyunki in sab ke liye to Abhijeet hi kaafi hai akela….
In Field :
After 10 overs New Zealand are 34 for 2...Now Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor were on the pitch . One of the most experienced pair of their side or it's better to say pillars of New Zealand's batting line up . If India managed to take wickets of both of them then the expected target would be lower than the projected score , and this is a high pressure game for either of the two sides so chasing would be tough .
Now our Indian Team could keep the maximum of 5 fielders outside the circle . Abhijeet placed Mid on , Mid off , square leg , cover and a fine leg rest of them were standing inside the thirty yard circle….
In Commentary box :
Michael Atherton : Guys now let's welcome David Lloyd or our Bumble in the com box...in place of Kapil Dev…
David Lloyd ( shaking his hand with both of them ):The Indians are going to beat the Kiwis! Let me tell you, my friend, that the Kiwi is the only bird in the whole world, which does not have wings!
Michael Atherton : You arrived from England today for this match mate , you have not seen him batting , It's just that 6 and 4 seem to have become the new binary code for this lad' computer engineer's could understand my comment better..
David Lloyd ( sharing a hi-fi with him ) : Ya, bro I had seen his batting in Television...
Sunil Gavaskar ( Rolling his eyes ): Please sit mate..(murmured ) aagaye angrezo ke Sidhu paaji ab angrezi mein shayari sunake pakayega ye…
Michael Atherton ( Teasingly ): Guys let's hear it for bumble..he will tell us something about his favourite reverse sweep…
David Lloyd ( smiled ): Ya reverse sweep is generally like Manchester United taking the penalty and Bryan Robson taking it with his head...both of them started laughing at his description….
In Field :
Abhijeet came for bowling now he bowled his first ball and it was a dot . He again took his run up and the second ball hit straight away on his pads…
Abhijeet and others : Howzat !
Umpire raised his finger and gave him out….
Kartik ( grabbing him from the waist and picked him up ): Are mere bhai kamal kar diya aate hi out wah wah wah boss ( dramatically ) dil khush kardita tumne….he twirled him around…
Abhijeet ( In fake afraid tone ): Kya kar rahe ho gir jaunga mai (In cute tone ) bhaiya pleaseeeee !...
Kartik ( putting him down ) : Mai girne thodi deta tujhe aise hi….
In Commentary Box :
David Lloyd ( removing his tie ,throwing it away and started jumping ): Ohhh God ! this lad is magnificent wow what a jaffa he had bowled and Kane Williamson would be bewildered seeing the delivery…
Michael Atherton ( Jumping on chair ): Yippee ! WHAT A BALL was that just like typical Denis Lillee's dismissal…and he was dismissed for 4 (nodding his head in disappointment ) just 96 runs short of his century...both of them laughed loudly...
Sunil Gavaskar ( Imitating Tony Grieg ): This is out...What a ball….What a ball hurrah !...
David Lloyd ( lightly punching on his shoulder ): You are mimicking Tony Greig superb dude…
In Audience :
As soon as the umpire raised his finger, ACP and DIG got up from their seats and started jumping madly…
ACP sir ( keeping his hands on his waist ): Dekha DIG sahab maine bola tha wicket hogi iss ball pe aur aapne meri suni hai kabhi jo aaj sunoge…
DIG on the other hand was busy dancing madly his words were actually far from his ears...while Arpita was laughing…
Pankaj ( excitedly ): Dekha tum logo ne kya ball daali hai captain ki wicket leli vo bhi apne first over mein...Purvi and Freddy nodded at him while both of them were applauding for him loudly….
Freddy ( looking around ): Arre ek baat to batao ye Daya sir kahan reh gaye aaye nahi abhi tak….
Pankaj : Chodo na Freddy sir humme enjoy karne do jisko aana hoga aa jayega…..
In Field :
After 15 overs New Zealand were 54 for 3 and most importantly their captain was back in the pavilion for only 4 runs...now only one batsman and few all rounders were left to crash their batting line up .
Indian bowlers have done a tremendous job of keeping the run rate under four . Really it's quite tough for them to restrict the team like New Zealand from hitting fours and sixes but kudos to their bowling effort . The accurate yorkers and full length deliveries had built the pressure on the opposition . The economies of all the bowlers were under four . Of course ninety percent of the credit goes to their captain for periodic bowling changes , his field placements were so faultless . On top of that he encouraged his team and kept their morale high .
Now after the drinks break , Ross Taylor and James Neesham were batting . Ross Taylor was on 20 while James Neesham was the new batsman in…and was on strike
Abhijeet gave the ball to Vaibhav and he took his run up and bowled a bouncer , the batsman ducked it safely..
He again took his run up and the batsman nudged it to the third man region for a quick double…
Now on the next ball he pulled it and it went to square leg region Abhijeet dived to his right and saved the boundary…
In Commentary box :
David Lloyd , Ian Botham and Rahul Dravid were present in the commentary box...
David Lloyd ( keeping hand on his head ): Whoopee ! what a save guys…bravo
Ian Botham ( standing on the chair ): Dude I am having goosebumps now am speechless…
Rahul Dravid ( resting his face on his palms ): Finish your blabbering fast both of you and let me watch the match… (murmured ) Siddhu paaji ne sahi hi kaha hai " Pitches biwiyon ke mood ki tarah hoti hai..kab badal jaye, koi nahi bol sakta!" , subah to lag raha tha ki aaram se run padhenge par ab dekho...
In Field :
As the match progressed to 35th over New Zealand made 156 for 5 . Out of those five wickets two were taken by our hero , one was taken by Kartik and other two were taken by Tushar . Now the projected score was around 300 . If India wanted to win this match they need to restrict them under 250 or 260 because if it rains additional 40-50 runs would be added in the teams total due to DLS method ( Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method ) depending on their score and the second innings would be shortened to 30 to 35 overs with respect to time left for the day . It would be difficult for the team batting second to chase down the target . The other factor that would work in favour of India is the dew factor which will come into play in the second innings…
End of the chapter :
Guys hope you like this chapter and of course next mein India ki batting hogi and thodi New Zealand ki bhi...firr bhi jaise bhi laga ho batadena…
Is India going to win this match ? Will India go into the semifinal ? Will Abhijeet forgive ACP and Arpita ever ? What will DIG do after knowing his nephew Abhijeet was going to be kidnapped when his parents threw him out of the house ? stay tuned with the story to know the answers…
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