Limited Overs

Day or Night

Overcast or bright.

Green or Dusty.

Dry or Dew.

Loss or Win.

First string or Second String of Team.

It doesn't matter when the match is set.

Swinging Ball,

Pacers delight,

Ball targeted at the body line.

Aggressive shots, with a tempting power-play goal and the license to murder bowlers.

Over enthusiasm blessed with loss of a wicket

Or punished with no-ball free hit comes as part of the game.

It doesn't matter when the total matters.

Singles and Twos counts as the batsman gets a breather

When boundaries dry up and opposition on top.

Cool minds with an attitude of playing chess navigate the mandatory power play

To lay an innings with a solid foundation.

While the ball romance conditions,

Batsman's patients lay the future of the innings.

Teams across age.

Teams across culture.

Teams across emotions.

It comes together as a package where the cool minds win the day.

Some are blessed power,

Some are blessed with pace,

Some are blessed with Athleticism,

Some are blessed with multiple gears.

Whereas others stay away in like light by driving from back as a backbone called a captain.

At times one needs to defend,

At times one needs to attack,

At times one gets stumped.

At times one gets runout in betrayed partnership.

But risks can't be avoided when competing for survival.

Some partnerships define the innings,

Some partnerships give an opportunity.

Some partnerships carry the innings with words of encouragement and by exchanging roles.

While others give a lesson to learn.

There is no guarantee of the wickets as a golden arm can define history and curtains the flourish.

As the game can change at any moment in a limited-overs.

With all rules and regulations in place taking risks can't be avoided while entertaining the crowd.

As the spectators and commentators perform their job with critics.

It's the team that plays under the light, who is capable of controlling emotions wins the trophy and heart of the mass and not the critics.

In limited overs wins matters by keeping heartbeats intact,

By lifting the pulse without giving up to straight liners.

But in reality living life by being content does matter.

Plotting an acceptable graph between happiness and money matters.

Plotting bar charts with buildings of self-focus without self fish matters over society.

Negotiate the foundation with education and experience with calculated risk.

Place the innings that lay the road for upcoming warriors by having well planned short goals.

Throw your skills by enjoying the game, without being prey to the situation by an appropriate response as every ball doesn't need to be played.