Monday, August 11, 2008

The Perfect Shot



It was a pleasant sunday afternoon. Sleeping lazily after a nice heavy meal, I was awaken by shouts of children playing cricket in the street. Waking up, I walked to the window and looked out. As he saw me at the window, the batsman exchanged smiles with me and continued on his game.

Sunday afternoons are the best time to watch 'gully cricket' in streets, where boys gather with a bat and a tennis ball to play the game of cricket.

Relaxing myself in a chair near the window, and resting my weary legs on the window frame I watched the batsman take position to face the next ball. As the ball paced towards him, the batsman cleared it square to a clean perfect shot.
;)

16 comments:

Laurie O'Neil said...

What a great shot and sounds like a lovely way to spend an afternoon :-)

Niranjana said...

Awesome! It almost feels like I was there...

Sekhar said...

Thanks Laurie & Niranjana :)

Anonymous said...

This is a very nicely captured shot...wonderful!

Sujata said...

Thanks for visiting my blog. I enjoyed your pictures immensely.

നാടന്‍ said...

great one sekhar. color combination looks really good.

Kichu $ Chinnu | കിച്ചു $ ചിന്നു said...

shud have taken while playing the shot! :)

ശ്രീലാല്‍ said...

i wanna run out of this office cube to a ground.. :(

Unknown said...

I have always thought that cricket was really interesting. but I've never played it.

Sekhar said...

Thanks FlyingStars, Sujata, Naada, Kichu-Chinnu, Shreelal, & Luke for the inspiring comments.

Kichu-Chinnu, thanks for the advice. I will try it the next time :)

Yes Luke, cricket is interesting. But I too hardly play the game. Being a huge football fan, I am inclined to football more :)

Rahul said...

Nice snap ! A candid one !
Regds
Rahul

പൈങ്ങോടന്‍ said...

a simple but well taken shot

Mel said...

Nice moment, nicely captured.
Transports me there for a second :)

Unknown said...

Great texture and color. I love how the color of the window frames works so well with the boys shirt. Nice work.

ശ്രീനാഥ്‌ | അഹം said...

x'llant framing!

Unknown said...

Great Shots.....

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