CHANCES(part-5)

“No Sir, it’s ALOK KASHYAP”, I corrected him.

“It’s for the world. Aloo is for me”, his voice got softened.

“Sir do you know him?”, I asked him.

“Yes, he was my classmate and my best friend in my school days”, he answered.

“Oh that’s nice”, I said.

“So you are my best friend’s son”, he said casually.

“YES sir”, I said wondering what else I could say.

“Good good”, he said.

I wondered that he praised me because I was born to his best friend. That’s amazing !!!!!

“Why you were sitting here by the way?”, he remembered his motive of rushing towards us.

“Sir I got bored of those catching practice, so…….”, I said.

“Oh Ok”, he said.

“Sir please give me batting”, I said instantly taking the advantage of the situation.

He laughed. I had never seen him laugh before.

“Come son come with me”, he said as he kept his hand on my shoulder and we started walking towards the nets.

I felt extraordinary when everyone around us was staring at me with their jaws dropped.“Hey look how that boy is walking with Joshi Sir”, I heard someone whispering.

“Sir?”, Raghav came running from behind.

“What?”, Sir said as he withdrew his hand from my shoulder. My extraordinary feeling came to an end.

“Sir, the icards?”, he said.

“Oh take it, no complaints against you both, but don’t repeat it”, he smiled.

He handed Raghav and me our I-CARDS.

“GO Son go bat”, Joshi Sir said to me.

I grabbed the bat and went into the nets. He stood outside the nets and observed me.

“Rohit! 2 balls 6 runs”, he instructed.

“OKAY sir”, I said without looking at him.

The first ball rushed towards me and fortunately for the first time, I didn’t had to catch it.

BUT, I missed the ball !!

“Hey play carefully !!”, Joshi Sir said.

“Now 1 ball 6 runs”, I reminded myself.

The second ball rushed towards me. This time I didn’t miss. I hit it so hard. It hit the top of the net and went very far away. Joshi Sir was elated.

“Hey you hit well”, he said.

“Thank you Sir”, I grinned.

“Hit again I want to see again”, he said.

I did the same thing again and Joshi Sir was more happy than me.

“I was stupid to not give you a chance, you are so good”, he said

“Sir not you, my father gave me a chance”, I thought.

“My Academy’s name is ELITE ACADEMY”,he said. “You should join it, it nurtures students to become professional cricketers”, he offered.

“OKAY SIR, I’ll ask my father”, I said.

Thank you for reading.

To be continued……………

Part1-https://kunal15.art.blog/2020/06/02/170/

Part2- https://kunal15.art.blog/2020/06/03/174/

Part3- https://kunal15.art.blog/2020/06/04/the-transition/

Part4- https://kunal15.art.blog/2020/06/06/the-i-cards/