A slice of cricket in life!

The IPL fever is contagious even if it is played far away in South Africa – the crowds, the hits, the misses, the if’s and but’s, the why’s and why not’s are all the questions that will go through a series of post mortems. How did the team that finished at the bottom last year come up tops this time????

But somehow this season I was in a more introspective mood and read/saw more in T20 than mere cricket.

The first thing it taught me or rather reinforced what life is currently teaching me is that the only way to keep going strong and for long is to pace your innings – space out your outbursts, harness your energies, utilize your strengths and strike at the right time/ball.

I have always believed that one must ‘Play to win the war and not the battle’. T20 epitomizes this – boundaries don’t matter unless it makes the score tick towards victory, wickets are not cheered with as much gusto unless it is a match breaking one – Unless it makes a difference to winning or losing it just might be one of those forgotten moments in the series. Always play to win the battle – decisions become easy as the objective is so clear.

One mistake can impact a lifetime of effort: Three boundaries in one over is enough to tilt the game from a wining position to a losing position. Impossible not to make mistakes but maybe like they do in T20 after every 10 over’s huddle up and restrategize – take stock and decide on the way forward. Might be a good idea to do this in life too - A mistake could get corrected in time, or if not atleast the erosion could be stopped.

Performance alone matters: The glammer of the cheerleaders and the glitter of the stars, the heavy weights and the powerful – all remain helpless as they watch their teams perform and fail or rise. In life too – there is no excuse to hard work or shoddy work. We each have to deliver to rise – and if we don’t- don’t blame it on the pitch or the rains but blame it on YOU!