The atmosphere is tensed in the dressing room,
The eternal question looms – Victory or Doom?
The dark circles describe the preceding night,
Which was definitely spent in plight.

Never had the cricket world seen so many night watch men,
Aaah ladies don’t irk, you too – Amen!
They say Sachin dreams about the bowler before the match,
But all I could see was the ‘book’ I seek to snatch!

I was so close in hitting my victory run,
When I saw Hitchy, Minal, Kanagu, Ugich standing with a gun.
So you think, they started to say,
That victory will come so easily your way?

Beads of sweat trickled down my forehead,
They tried to snatch the book while my heart bled.
The tugging followed with Harsha’s voice looming abound,
And mind you this was all amidst a cricket ground.

The crowd roared, the temperature soared,
The camera covered all angle narrow and wide,
It covered the runs, the falls, the catches and the glide.
At last with long strokes came Jumbo with his ‘quicker’,
Followed closely by our good old Panicker.

Not far away stood the Canbera and the Blog Adda men,
‘This is the last’ they murmured – we cannot take so much strain.

The pedestral was set and the curtains were up and done,
We stood there still not knowing who had won.
Each one of us mentally reciting the victory speech,
While on face we repeat the eternal Karma Speech!

All the Best guys!

“I sweep to the left, it goes to the right,
So many fielders, I will give a good fight,
Run out saved by diving,
For a good score I’m striving,
And the runs are coming , though the bowling is tight…”

Century mara, on the pitch he has kneeled,
Admirers uncontrolled, rushing to the field,
But the Blogaadas just smile,
And say, “just wait a while,
We know the result, but our lips are sealed……”

if that dont make sense to you…
What can I do… !! ❓

Rhyming aint my forte…
cricket lover I am hatke… !!!

Waiting for the results with baited breath…
so much excitement at this age aint too good for health !!!! 😛 😛 😛

but such a sport is cricket…
it always takes my wicket… !!!

WHATEVER… !!! LOL

Bloggers joined in and were very nice
Hitchy was the first one to break the ice
A few good souls joined in later
to write something good for a great cricketer

All things end and the contest was over
best person was the judge, yes, Prem Panicker
As good chap he is, he picked up the winners
and wrote a note that would help all bloggers

BlogAdda called the pandits for an auspicious time
we could announce results and write something that can rhyme
they told us the next week sounds good
excited we were and decided we should

The two winners will be announced on a weekday
and the chosen ones are Tue/Wednesday
enjoy now, be cheerful and in a good mood
we thank everyone for patience and being so good