INTOTHE PAST WITH PAIN...259

INTO THE PAST WITH PAIN…259
Dr K Prabhakar Rao
(Gandhi, Patel and Nehru are strolling in Delhi and they come across two whites at a road corner.)
Gandhi. Patel, Have we lost the road? It appears as if we entered a whites colony here.
Patel. No Bapu. We are very much on correct path. Let us introduce ourselves to the guys.
( In the mean time , the whites approach and they greet the trio. They introduce themselves as Ken Barrington and Don Bradman)
Gandhi. Good morning Gentle men. I am MK Gandhi, the father of this nation and these are Jawaharlal and Patel. They are former Indian PM and Deputy PM respectively.
Patel. We are happy to meet you Mr Bradman the greatest Cricket legend. We are equally happy to meet Ken Barrington of UK who was one of the greatest batsman cricket ever produced.
Barrington. Thank you friends for your kind words.
Don. Thank you sir. You have been very nice to us. I do not think we deserve that much praise.
Gandhi. You are too modest.
Don. Mr Gandhi. We heard about great achievements in getting India freed from the English rule.
Gnadhi. We have done our duty.
Barrington. Sir, It was great deed indeed.
Patel. Thank you Mr. Barrington.
Don. Mr Gandhi. How is Cricket going on in India?
Gandhi. Generally we have other activities. But we do take interest and keep knowing things.
Don. That is very nice.
Patel. India won World cup at Bombay in the last tournament defeating Sri Lanka I Finals
Barrington. We know. I saw the match. It was so tense. Yuva Raj and Dhoni did very well. Dhini finished off with a grand shot over the fense.
Don. Yeah. It was great.
Patel. Sadly Indian team lost badly in England after that in test matches and in one day matches. It was white wash.
Gandhi. Later the Englsih team came to India and they won tests. But the lost one day trophy to India. India white washed them
Don. Haa..Haa. Tit for tat it was
Barrington. Haa..Haaa. Such thngs happen in cricket.
Patel. Now India lost Tests and One day trophies in Australia. It was a bad show. Their morale is low now.
Don. The team should not loose morale. It is bad. In cricket there are many factors. Winning and loosing will be always there.
Patel. In India people love cricket very much.Great crickers are treated as gods. We have Cricket Wizard Sachin,
Don. I know him very well. He is a living legend.
Gandhi. He is hunting for his hundredth hundred. But sadly is unable to meet success. Many times he was out in ninties few runs before he got his coveted hundred.
Don. Just bad luck. But that should not demotivate him.
Patel. He is very form. He has overcome many such situations in the past. He came back with a hammer again.
Gandhi. In India people expect century every time Sachin bats.
Patel. In Australia too he scored many runs, but did not get century. He did not score many runs in one day matches.
Gandhi. I sense that some characters are gunning for senior players like Sachin, Sehwag and Gambhir. Dravid and Laxman the great batsmen of India have been dropped from one dayers in the three nation tournament. They got a bad treatment after so many years of service.
Patel. India is a thankless nation in fact.
Barrington. It is very sad to know these things.
Patel. In India every past cricket guys is an expert. He keeps yapping something for nothing. There are some guys who never held the cricket bat and they are great expert and keep talking on TV. Hee..heee..
Barrington. Interesting.
Don. May god bless them with some wisdom.
Barrington. Now what is happening about Sachin. Are the pseudo experts and past cricketers asking for Sachins removal.
Patel. It looks so.
Don. I think they are talking through their hats.
Patel. Recently former Indian captain Kapil Dev expressed his opinion that Sachin should have left one day games after world cup.
Don. Has any one asked his opinion.
Patel. I think no one asked him. They feel important themselves.They have no work. So they are busy like this.
Don. Haa..Haa. But Kapil was great guy. He got world cup for India and took many wickets too.
Patel. But he forgot about his last days in International cricket. He was struggling in those days. He could only take wickets of tailenders. He was allowed to play so that he broke the record of wicket takers of that time.Then he was also got stuck in some cricket scam.
Gandhi. But he was found not guilty later.
Don. That was good. But why he should worry over Sachins exit? Sachin is not going to break his record either
Patel. Haa..Haaa.. He knows better. One should not throw stones while sitting in a glass house.
Gandhi. If you throw cow dung at others , others also would throw cow dung at you.
Patel.. Hee..Hee
Don. I know that Sachin at the crucial phase of his career of creating history and no one will be breaking his record for the next 500 years. He must play till he creates. It is a matter of time.
Barrington. Even I played badly many times.
Gandhi. All these self made experts must be asked to keep quiet and mind their work if they have any. Indian Cricket Board has to decide whether Sachin should play or not.
Nehru . They will be too happy if Sachin plays till he wants to play. There is no time limit. .
Don. I heard that there are problems in the Cricket team of India. The captain is making controversial statements that is not good for him and cricket too.
Patel. He introduced rotational policy to get rid of seniors as said by some. He however claims that it is meant to prepare team for 2015 world cup.
Don. Ha..Haa. He himself may not play in that cup.
Patel. He said that the seniors had cost him atleast 20 runs in a match.
Nehru . That was really bad.
Patel. In India People love Sachin more than the PM of India. They want that he msut be bestowed with Bharat Ratna the highest national award for him.
Gandhi. I am sure he will get it.
Don. I love Sachin. He is a great guy. I pray that he will get his next hundred very soon and makes these open mouths shut.
Gandhi. True. We also pray for him.
Patel. Yeah. Hip Hip Hurray. Long live Scahin. Down with his adversaries and critics.
Don. OK Mr Gandhi. We are getting late. We shall meet again.
Gandhi. Surely. Bye. Thaks for meeting us. Bye
Patel. Bye sir.
Nehru. Bye sir.
( The trio walk away singing Ramdhun and praying for Sachin. Don and Barrington also pray for Sachin and walk away.)
CURTAIN FALLS