Raghu in a domestic cricket tournament

Raghu’s story ...continued !!

Raghu and his team was participating in a domestic cricket tournament. 

Raghu was depending on his team to score and beat the opposition. For a change, his team had some homework and groundwork in place and appeared to be in good form but somewhere stayed in their own smug. Raghu had full confidence to win the tournament due their capabilities so this time he didn’t go to worship much and tell everyone how simpleton he was ! He in the meanwhile also picked up few fights with other schools and teams.

Few of the other schools knew their limitations well in advance, so they practiced day in day out and when they realized they can’t win the tournament on their own potential, they called upon current inter school group captain Naru to guide, mentor and teach them few of the nuisances of the game.

One of old schools had lost its sheen completely but they still had capabilities to win few matches and their aim was only to upset Raghu’s and Naru's teams to make a point or two. They were depending on their coach more than their current captain and was known as Ajja's (Dadaji) team.

Tournament started and complacent Raghu was enjoying his summer vacations and what appeared to be a straightforward win started to get converted in a big loss for Raghu’s team but his team somehow managed to reach finals. Ajja’s team lost the semifinals and thought they will have to wait for next tournament.

Tournament finals began as if it was a tough one but suddenly pinch hitting began from Naru’s team and they performed way beyond Raghu’s team. Naru’s team started celebrating and thought they have won the tournament.

As Naru’s team started to celebrate, Raghu and Ajja’s team added the scores of Raghu’s team in finals and semifinal score of Ajja’s team and started to claim that they have won the tournament and are the domestic champions.

The spectators are now in a complete mess of thoughts as they neither understand the new rules of the game nor they know who is the champion. Surprisingly the organisers will tell them the result and the spectators will have to believe them and accept the identified domestic champion, till then they have to watch all the drama

P.S. This is just a story of an imaginary character Raghu’s current status and any resemblance to reality is purely unintentional and coincidental.

- Jayawant