Cricket Jai Ambey Is Back
Last year Cricket Jai Ambey was in a total disarray. 1st time in the history of game Cricket Jai Ambey we were knocked out at our first game of The Ghatla cup..I will never forget that BLACK DAY it was the 13th of April 2009. I knew some of my team mates were SHAMELESS, and were not fit to play in the team, but I had no option but to play with a SOMEWHAT HANDICAP team…After we suffered a embarrassing defeat from the minnows Those were the guys who just had that stupid laugh and walked away…I was left stranded at the ground and broke down. It was a disaster. The effects were enormous. I wanted to give up captaincy that time, but later realized that there is no point in running away from the situation, people will forget but what about my conscious. It will eat me like a termite from within.
Yes its said “It is just a game, someone has to win someone has to loose” But for me WINNING MATTERS THE MOST….Fingers were pointed at me and my few good hardworking mates, that What can you do and make a Magic out of Mockery which was created and restore of the pride of Red Devils?. I had to still answer the critics.
Mayu our senior team mate told me that he has convinced a few good players to play for us. I said…Hmmm….but I knew that I was not in touch with the game for a good 5 months…When I met the members I said……Abe ye log……Pagal hai kya?....Mayu said…This is our only chance and these are the only guys willing to play….he said believe me…..these guys will prove themselves…….I said OK they practice regularly…..but NO PRACTICE IS AS GOOD AS COMPARED TO MATCH PRACTICE. But we went along with the plan and the big day came…It was Match Day 1, the 14th of November 2009.
I was nervous for the first time. My partner at the other end was a youngster and was just in his 2nd game for our team. I was continuously talking to him in the initial over but when I heard the sweet sound of willow when he and I faced the first ball we knew we were in the groom. We smashed 25 in first 2 overs, with he doing a bulk of the scoring and taking pressure of me, I had to just nudge the ball and score single and look for a odd boundry. When he got out I smashed a huge one out of the ground for 6 and then departed at the last ball of the innings…we scored a mammoth 42 in 5 overs. We won that game by 20 runs….It rained that evening and the ground was totaled
Match day 2,15th of November 2009 was termed as THE Ketan Keni SHOW...It was foremost the best day of my cricketing career...
We got up with a spur in our body, only to realize that the rest of the matches will be played with rubber ball….but we still gave ourselves a chance. We comprehensively won the quarter finals and the semi…chasing a nominal totals. But the great part was that we did not lose a single wicket in 2 games……Yes we chased down targets with NO LOSS and that too with an over to spare….I was at my best doing 95 % of the scoring and between over my partner said….Abe muje kya show ke liye laya hai?... I had smashed 6 in every game till then.
Now the big one against OMKAR sports club, the winners of Ghatla Cup 2009….No one gave us a chance to win more than one match and we were in the FINALE. We had gained enormous support and confidence of the spectators. I had a talk with my Dad who comes to watch my every game even when he is at work and keeps a tab of every single mistake which I make. He Missed the Final…..We chose to field first and GUESS what our supporters had arranged a BAND BAJA for us.
The first ball of the final went out of the ground for a 6…We knew were looking at a 20+ target in a 2 over final and it was getting dark. It’s a jinx that a team batting second has NEVER won a final in that tournament….But history was about to change. Omkar sports Club ended up scoring 23 in their allotted 2 overs and I was feeling a pinch as I was fielding right in front of their supporters and one of them said, “Ghatla Cup yaad hai, kaise haraya tha, waise he aaj hoga” and they laughed…I went to bat with a much experience campaigner. I was facing the first ball…The over went like this….
| Ball No. | Runs Scored |
| 1 | 1 declare |
| 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 1Wd, 2 |
| 5 | 1Wd, 0 |
| 6 | 4 |
19 taken of the 1st over by me alone…..and 3 consecutive Wides in the other over and 3 runs scored in the next 3 balls…..I hit the WINNING RUNS…..JAI AMBEY SPORTS CLUB had STUNNED the CROUD and SILENCED its CRITICS….I received the Man Of the Match in the Finals and The Best Batsman of the Tournament…My team mate Aniket (ANDY) received the best bowler…and guys that kid is just 16…Overall a best day….We partied hard till early Morning on the next day….We are in a strong position now, with 2 players who left the club coming back…..Our bench strength has Improved…… Matta, god did give me the courage and belief to stick to the club and believing in MYSELF…..Now I can say……CRICKET JAI AMBEY IS BACK.
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