I have been a cricket fan since childhood and ever
since I can remember playing cricket gave me the maximum happiness. Every run
that I scored , every wicket I took or
every run that I saved brought a smile
on my face. Then celebrating every match whether we won or lost used to be a
regular ritual. After each match me and my gang of friends would ride our
bicycles and raid the pani puri shop that was quite famous for its spicy treats
and fast foods. Irrespective of which and whose team had won we would pool
money and order plates of “chaat ” and “Pani Puri” it used to be the
celebration of victory that was collectively ours. In these moments of
celebrations there used to be happiness, joy and smiles. It was the most joyous
and memorable time of my life that was very carefree and gave me every reason to
smile. Then as we grew older playing computer games and specially the game of cricket
on the PC or gaming console used to bring a lot of happiness and gave me
reasons to smile. These game sessions which happened on weekends generally were followed by a
small party thanks to all the snacks and the lemonade my mother would make for me and my friends who used to get
together at my place to play on the PC or the gaming console. I always looked
forward to these weekend parties and get-togethers. I look back with fondness
to all these collective celebrations and get together’s with friends and even today those memories
bring a smile to my face.Then as we grew up we became more of armchair players
who would follow every match on TV get together at my home and enjoy the
matches. We would cheer every run scored and every catch taken when our side
would be fielding. Then we would go out and celebrate or order some food that
we could consume while watching the match. Now most of that lot of my friends
have moved out of the neighborhood and settled in different parts of the
country or the world. We wave found a new way to spread happiness and bring
smiles. Whenever there is a cricket match being played on a TV we watch it in
our respective locations and through interactive social media and messenger keep updating our groups with scores and
indulge in chit chat and discuss the match that is in progress. This gives us
the feel that despite being far away and distant and geographically in
different parts of the world we are still united as one gang of friends. This feeling gives me
and my friends a lot of happiness and makes me smile. As for the parties and
the combined celebration. We maintain a diary and note down all the parties
that are due and every year we make it a point to get together a couple of
times a year and then the party and happiness and smiles flow.
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