Art of Living
He
twisted his wrist and ball was charmed away to the leg boundary for four’ ‘He
lofted the ball over the long on boundary for huge six.’ Ostensibly such
various comments which are uttered by commentators during the match bring
immense excitement to the viewers who are fan of game of cricket. Scoring
century, accumulating lots of runs during match proves the quality of batsman,
cricket experts call such batsman technically sound because he knows how to
play in swing, out swing, leg break, off break bouncer and so on . On the other
hand bowler also leave no stone unturned in getting batsman out of the
ground sending him to pavilion through the help of fielders who with an eagle
eye try to stop him inside the crease and even succeed in helping the bowler by
catching the ball when batsman plays in air. This tug of war between
batsman and bowler continues as long rule of the game doesn’t permit closing
the game. Though game of cricket is not an individual game but performance of
an individual do counts whether he may be bowler, batsman, wicketkeeper or
fielder. In this game players are either shunned because of poor
performance or retired but the team almost remain intact.)
There
are lot of similarities between the way we live and the way game of cricket is played.
There is set norm for our lives as well as the game of cricket that we have to
play in an open field. In our surrounding some of us have inborn trait
like fast or spin bowler, some of us have inborn quality like a batsman and
some play role of wicket keeper keeping a tab on movement of batsman
behind. Beauty of the game is neither batsman nor bowler is left empty handed
in the game both have tools to face and fight each other. We like bowlers try
hard to deceive our opponent batsman who tries to score on the pitch of
societal or professional ground, sometimes a batsman becomes easy
victim of minor mistake he commits inside the crease while playing the
ball. Alertness, our dexterity, presence of mind while dealing in our social and
professional matter in surrounding indicate that we are somehow technically
sound to stand for a long period inside the crease just like a batsman of the
game who has to face different kind of tricks of bowlers on the pitch through
his presence of mind, his shrewdness by twisting his wrist, hitting on
ball all around the ground and keeping an close eye on every moment of ball.
Sometimes batsman has to play the ball on front foot sometimes on back foot,
sometimes he has to be defensive as per the merit of bowling, sometimes he has
to be aggressive if he finds loose balls. Our every act in surrounding whether
in professional or any level revolve around perception, our alertness, our
presence of mind, our flexible attitudes and our understanding of situation.
Every member of all sphere of lives plays a significant role, some make
an effort to score more runs, some try to stop other scoring more runs, some
try to catch him out from behind, some try to make him run out, in short no one
wants opponent batsman to score more runs.
If we
look into our social or professional life we always find ourselves surrounded
by elements who are like fielders, some are like fast bowler and some like a
batsmen who have to score runs in such environment where they are monitored,
forced to confine themselves inside the crease without scoring any respectable
total and even waiting for an opportunity to send them out of the ground.
Determination,
fighting spirit and concentration are also essentials features besides
technical soundness to face lethal Yorker inside the crease. Sometimes batsmen
are lured, sometimes attacked through deadly bouncer to demoralize. On the
pitch of all sphere of life one is lured to act and forced to commit a mistake
so that he could easily be made victim of his negligence.
Learning
is a life long process. A player has to keep learning various types of
technique not only through out the match but in spare time too in order
to prepare himself facing new strategic attacks of opponent bowlers or
changing rules of game. Learning is also a process through which we bring
excitement in the game of life. A player of game of life either he is bowler,
batsman, fielder or wicket keeper has to prepare well before coming in the
field to start his innings or has to keep learning as the game keep
progressing. Activities in social life teach people as to how to live, cope
with the changing circumstances, and how to move ahead. Hence it is not
impertinent to say that the game of cricket is also a chapter through which
people can learn Art of living, prepare themselves for the journey in all
sphere of life.
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