This is my first ever blog....! Hope i'm good at blogging . Anyway i went to this gatorade pacers 2008 contest sometine durin jan 2k8. Firstly , this contest was to select a raw emerging fast bowler to be trained under the legendary dennis lilee .The selection was to take place all over india thru the 4 metros chn , mum ,ban , & delhi. i went for the chennai leg of the selection .
1st day
I went to this place called MRF pace foundation at arnd 8 , & saw a huge crowd lining up for the selection . I registered myself there & was waiting for my turn .And seriously the crowd was huge. Rakshit joined me at 9 , man he was there for me , or else i would have cracked under nervousness . The selection process was slow owing to the huge numbers who had turned up . Atlast i got my turn only at 2 30 , by which time rakshit had left . I was to bowl 3 deliveries in front of the selectors ,which i did under extreme nervousness. But lucky me, i bowled 3 really good deliveries. I was placed in a batch of 30 out of which only 2 would be selected ,but since there was heavy competition in my batch they selected 4 .The moment i knew i got to the next round , i was bound by endless joy.......
i was asked to come back the next day at 2 0 clock for the next round which i duly did....
2nd day
I arrived at the pace foundation at 1 30 for the second round . The number of people who had made it to the second round was arnd 30 .I was really pleased that i had made it into the 30 best in chennai .And again rakshit joined me on d 2nd day too... i wasn't much nervous as i was on the first day.... the selctors then asked us to warm up for the next round.... i got my chance at around 3, this time i had to bowl 5 deliveries in front of the selectors.......first 2 were pretty good , the 3rd one i messed it up ,very wide...... then next 2 i bowled at a very high pace hitting the deck at the right places..... but i had general feelin i bowled a bit short which was echoed by rakshit too.....i lost hopes of making it to the next round..... once i finished , one of the selctors called me up personally and talked to me about how i bowled.... he gave me +ve comments on a high scale....He then asked me of all my personal details and noted it down....i knew something was coming , & voila i was selected for the final 8.....man , i was going crazy , making it to the top 8 in chennai ,i was jus too consumed by the shock .......
Then we warmed up for the last round of selection.....only 1 out of the 8 would make it to the delhi round..... and all my other competitors were already great players representing gr8 teams.... some were even vying for a place in the state side.... The competition was too close.... i was the only player without any big background to back me..... In the final selection too we were asked to bowl 5 deliveries , this time i cut short on pace & concentrated more on hitting line & length......I did bowl well , but i had a gut feeling i didn't bowl quick enough, & that i wasn't exhibiting my full potential... but still i eagerly waited for the final results , & the head coach at MRF pace foundation, Mr. T.A.Sekar announced the results......And i didn't get thru to the delhi leg........Disappointment from head to toe, but i knew i lost to a better person....And voila there ends my story..... Meet u in my next blog
Urs truly
Sharath
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