Jan 26, 2011

Battling the uncertainty…

Interesting crickets match is on… India is batting second… huge target to reach… well going innings… super shots from the Indian openers… flamboyant first few overs… suddenly, Sachin is out… audience dumbfounded… few more batsmen reach the pavilion… hopelessness all of a sudden… audience leave the stadium… people switch off the TVs… players undergo the edge of curses… a few believe in not watching the match any more…but the players have to complete the formalities… they have to play the game… they have to witness the loss till the last ball is played, does not matter how much it pains… sometimes, the game may turn around to their surprise… they may emerge as winners and hit the headlines next day… smiles in their way…

The above sequence of incidents is the best example that hits my mind to start with this post. Uncertainty lies everywhere, in every profession, in every game as long as the fight for the win happens. Sometimes, like the situations mentioned above, we forget the fact that the uncertainty can play it’s role. We go ahead in believing what our mind says at that point of time. Not only that, the disappointment emerges out of the hope that we have on our team makes us behave so. It happens with everyone, nothing surprising. Being the audience, it is one’s own choice to witness or not. All in all, players are known for battling the uncertainty. They have to go through it, does not matter how disheartening or boring the defeat is or the match is. They have absolutely got no option other than facing the truth. Every time I switch off the TV in the situations mentioned above, these lines hit my mind. And this thinking of mine makes me respect the team and it’s efforts despite of their defeat. If they win out of such critical circumstances, I feel too sad for myself for not witnessing the match.

Any ways, one has to agree that battling the uncertainty calls for the confidence, strength of one’s mind and the aim to win. I wish all these help Team India win the upcoming world cup which is going to happen on their home soil surrounded by the cheers from the home crowd.