Pant and Sarfaraz from the front Apart from ‘V’, he also left no stone unturned in scoring runs in the ‘V’ behind. That is, Pant and Sarfaraz scored runs in every corner of the field with the brilliant, 360 degree batting of the ‘X-Faster’. Both of them made the New Zealand bowlers and fielders crazy and unconscious. As times change, traditions also change. Pant and Sarfaraz are the fearless pioneers of changing batting of the changing times.
When there is a feeling of danger and anxiety in the Hindu mood, Gopal Mishra shows mindless fearlessness. At the same time, Sarfaraz has shown unnecessary fearlessness in the fight to save Islam in the Muslim community. Gives impetus to the feeling of revenge in the society. Both forget that their communities can survive only if Hindus and Muslims live together. The desire to attain sovereignty scares and misleads the public with such a bloody game of separatism.
Doesn’t Indianness itself seem to be in danger from Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh? Well, we believe in human religion apart from our Hindu-Muslim sects and groups. The same human religion which people want to practice, believe and hold with their body, mind and wealth. Which is a religion of symbiosis of the society, separate from the political conflicts of sects and groups. That means let’s get back to our cricket.
India lost to New Zealand by eight wickets after thirty-six years in the Test match played in Bengaluru. Pune’s test starts tomorrow. And Mumbai Test is to be played after that. Fascinating, captivating and entertaining Test cricket was played on the field between the two countries. Chinnaswamy Cricket Stadium was the venue of this thrilling and amazing non-violent battle. Today, Test cricket seems as attractive as it has never been before.
There is no exaggeration in believing this. Everyone has their own time but there comes a golden moment in time too. The popularity of cricket test matches being played all over the world today has the ability to see and understand beyond happiness and sorrow. In fact, the ability to fight non-violently makes victory as well as defeat great.
So to win or lose even after a whole day of rain in Bengaluru has been washed away would have to be considered the greatness of the game of cricket and its players. Despite continuous rain and moisture on the pitch, captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and batted first. In a five-day Test match, winning the toss and batting first is effective in making strategies in the coming days. But there was more moisture on the pitch than expected. The ball flying in the air, cutting as soon as it hits and bouncing on it, made it difficult for batting. Everyone watched with surprise what happened next. Despite that, did not lose hope.
After collapsing in the first innings, India just kept chasing the match. It has been difficult for any team from any visiting country to defeat India on home ground. Despite this, the strength and dedication with which the New Zealand players played was not only admirable but also painful. When the sun shone on the pitch, the moisture kept disappearing. Batting became easier. India had to score huge in the second innings to try to win. Yashasvi, Rohit and Virat all batted well. But then when young Rishabh Pant and Sarfaraz Khan partnered, both of them showed a new thrill of batting which gave new meaning to the art.
Abhay Pant and Nirbhay Sarfaraz made a partnership of 177 runs in just 211 balls. The traditionality of batting in partnership with youth also collapsed. The religion of batting is also to score runs. It has been taught that traditional batting with a straight bat has been to score runs in the ‘V’ in front. But Pant and Sarfaraz left no stone unturned in scoring runs not only in the front ‘V’ but also in the back ‘V’. That is, Pant and Sarfaraz scored runs in every corner of the field with the brilliant, 360 degree batting of ‘X-Faster’. Both of them made the New Zealand bowlers and fielders crazy and unconscious.
As times change, traditions also change. Pant and Sarfaraz are the fearless pioneers of changing batting of the changing times. The new brave players of the great game of cricket are players. The fearless and fearless spirit shown in the batting of both filled the cricket lovers with joy.
What happened in Bahraich has to be understood from what happened in Bengaluru. The politics of mob fear being spread in the society will also have to be set aside. A non-violent fight would be better than a game of violence.