A Trip to Pandharpur

Hi Friends,
Recently I visited a place in Maharashtra named Pandharpur. It's a karm bhumi of Lord Vitthal. The credit for making me go to Pandharpur goes to my friends Rahul and Ganesh. Some night when me and Rahul were coming back from the lab he asked me " Chal yaar pandhar pur chalte hai". I said "OK". At that time we decided that we will go to pandharpur on Wednesday. Then hamari class ke jaane maane shaks jinke recently naukri lagi thi "Ganesh Bhau" unse humne pucha kya aap Pandhapur chaloge. He was ready on his foot and said "Chalo aaj hi chalte hai". We boarded the train the same night from Kalyan. We reached Solapur, there we saw the temple of "Sant Sidheshwar". Then we took a bus from Solapur to Pandharpur. It was a 2 hrs journey.

We finally reached Pandharpur at aroud 15:00 hrs. We took bath in river Bhima and then first visited the temple of Sant Pandulik. I would like to tell you the long story of Lord Vitthal in short.

There was a Sant named "Pandulik", he was busy attending his mother and father and the same time Lord Vitthal arrived there and asked for something. As Pandulik was busy he threw a brick towards Lord Vitthal and asked him to stand on it and wait. Lord Vitthal saw immense love in the eyes of Pandulik for his parent and didn't mind waiting there and stood there for ever. So this is how Lord Vitthal halted there and now there is a big temple which we visited.

There is one more interesting thing about that temple that, I haven't seen a temple in which you can be that close to the idol of the Lord that even you can place your head in feets of the Lord.

The temple was very old and made of black stone. It was a beautiful and nice experience.

When we thought of returning from Pandharpur we thought of eating something and the same time the most dreadful thing for a IIT student happened. Ganesh Bhau got a call from his guide. And told him that " Ab to placement ho gaya, kaam pe lag jao".

We enjoyed our trip. We returned back in the evening by a direct bus from Pandharpur to Thane. We sat in the bus. the conductor came and we asked for three tickets to Thane. He said Nine hundred and something. But we were having only 850 Rs. So he gave us the tickets to Panvel. Then in the middle we got an ATM and bought the tickets for the rest of our Journey.

The Final Match (Striker's Got Strucked)

Hello All,
Ohh This was the final day of "THE KPL".

Before narrating the whole match I would like to say something about "THE KPL".
It was a really very good experience....actually it was the best experience related to when I had played cricket.

I would Like to thank the organizers for continuing with KPL.
I am glad that there was no mishappenings during the match.
The umpires were really gud. They did a nice job. Hats Off Anshul, Vishal, Akhilesh, Vinu, Sagar.
I am happy that there were not any odd situations (thoda bahut to chalta hai....aur agar thoda bahut nahi ho to hum blog walo ko likhe ke liye kuch nahi milega.)

The final match was between "THE STRIKERS" and "SCORPIANS".
I won the toss and choosed to bowl first.
Rupesh started the attack and he bowled a good over. Then came Haranath This was not his day.
Vishal bated well and hit 3 fours in that over. This was the first time in the entire KPL that haranath went for this much of runs.

Before the match Kushal was discussing with me about Vishal.
Kushal----"यार तुम बोलते हो की विशाल बहुत आचा खेलता है | लेकिन मैंने तो कभी उसे देखा ही नहीं खेलते हुए |".


I think after this match Kushal won't have any doubts.

Next was Vijay to bowl. His over was awesome. He was at his best. He took the wicket of Arindum in the first ball. What a ball.

Then came the 4th over. We had a discussion to give the ball to whome. whether to go with the same strategy " to give the ball to me or Bhanu" do something "new". we did new-- we gave the ball to Rupesh and wowwww.........what an over........he got the wicket......cooolllll.

Then came Ambika to bowl. And Prajaktaa Patil (future captain of the Indian girls cricket team )
We were not frightened of any of the boys fron the Scorpians, but we were frightened of Prajakta.
we had placed all the fielders at the boundary. And that clicked, Ambika gave just 3 runs in that over. She is the most consistent bowler in girls in KPL...........nice bowling Amb!....

Then I came to bowl. यार यकीं नहीं होता की में इतनी आची बोवलिंग कर सकता हु ..........शायद सामने बत्समन आचा नहीं होगा | I got the wicket of Ajitav in the first ball and gave only 5 runs in that over. Last over was bowled by Vijay.
With the wicket of Ajitav Scorpians were 4 wicket down.(Kpl rule----player has to get retired after scoring 30 runs and he can come to bat only if all the player of the team gets our or get retired.) If we get a wicket then Vishal will come to bat again, and we didn't wanted that. But on the first ball Bhanu took the catch of Mahesh or Ashish (i dont remember). And Vijay angrily told bhanu....."@#$%^&*(()" पता नहीं क्या कहा तेलगु में कहा था . but the crust was "क्या करा ये तुने , catch क्यों पकड़ा "

After that bahnu dropped the ball, but poor bhanu he is not knowing the rule that if a player takes the catch then the batsman is out, even if he drops the ball after catching the player is out. I was a littel tensed. But i forgot that it was "THE GREATE LEGENDARY BOWLER VIJAY". He bowled beautifully Vishal was not able to hit the ball......not even touched.

We stopped them at 49.

Now came our turn to bat.

Our GREAT OPENING players Haranath and Vijay started the inings. Vijay got out early.
Then came my chance of batting. अरे यार कोई तो बाल ऐसी करो जो में खेल पाऊ........i played ball but बाल कभी बात पे नहीं आती (डरपोक डरपोक डरपोक ). I was also bluffed by vishal with a slower delievery.
After that our wickets fell at regular interval. Though Prajakta gave 4 wides but we were not able to score 50 runs.

we lost the match.

But still I am very happy with the performance of the team. Before the KPL there were roumers like
"Ahhhh......Strikers.....वो तो पहले ही round में बहार हो जायेंगे "
"उनके पास तो कुछ भी नहीं है "

"But we have proved ourselves by defeating the so called bests"

At last we are going to earn 2500 Rs.

first आते तो 3500 Rs मिलते , खैर कोई बात नहीं

Bahut maza aaya...KPL khelne me.......We will try to organize the KPL-3rd season also.

The Semi's.....Whew......

Today morning was the same. आज लdha ने मुझे उठाया. Then our complete team went for the match. This was a very important match, as it was the semi-final. The match was between THE STRIKERS and ULTIMATE WARRIORS.
Both Team were in gud form and both have lost their last match. V reached earlier and did some warm up. The match started. I won the toss and chose to field first.
Rupesh started the attack.

First ball and a LONG six...... every one was saying whats dis......common man off stump common....just bowl off stump.
Second Ball.........a wide. A thought struck my mind. This was a kind of start we had in our last match and we lost that. So I told Rupesh to bowl just off stump.

Then the two overs went well. Haranath and Vijay took some pressure off. Then came the 4 over. It was a really tough in deciding who should bowl the 4th over. I thought that it would be better to give the bowling to Bhanu bcoz in morning he bowled some great deliveries. But..................................शायद इतने बड़े But के बाद कुछ बचा ही नहीं है लिखने को.
First ball........Six
Second ball.......Four
Third ball........No ball (Free hit)
Fourth Ball.......Wide (free hit continued)
Sixth Ball.....पता नहीं क्या क्या हुआ उस ओवर में...मैंने तो सोचना ही छोड़ दिया था I was just praying ki kab ye over khatam ho. Ultimate warriors scored 20 runs in that over.
Then came Ambi to bowl. She did a great job by bowling a maiden over.
Then the last 2 overs were bowled by Haranath and Rupesh which were awesome.
Now our turn to Bat
Our two great batsman started walking towards the pitch.
Sagar started the bowling, He bowled a very nice over just giving 4 runs in that over.
Then came the over of Uday. Haranath hit him hard.
In the next over Vijay got bowled. Then came my turn to bat.
Haranath मुझे ये समझा ता रहा की बस टिक के खेलना है | सब को ये ही दर रहता है की में बस bat घुमाता हु और उस चक्कर में आउट हो जाता हु | This time I decided that I hav to play well and keep on rotating the strike. And i did that. This time i played some gud shot, but the shot of the day was when Haranath hit the ball for SIX at long on. Whew........what a shot.
The match continued and came the 6th over. Team captain Tarun took the ball in his hand. We required 7 more runs to win.

First ball..........wide

Second ball.........wide

Third ball..........wide

Fourth ball.........wide

हमे तो मैच खेलना ही नहीं पड़ा | ULTIMATE WARRIORS के कुछ खिलाडी हमारे ही साथ थे | They gave 30 extra runs. And we won the match. With this win we are in the Finals.

@Haranath : Gud Batting man....I hope to see this again in the finals

@ Investors : Please don't come to see the match. तुम लोग जब भी आते हो तो हम हार जाते है | तो अगर तुम चाहते हो की हम जीते तो मत आना |

All the Best Team.

The Strikers vs Powai Panthers

Day 5
The Striker's vs Powai Panthers

Judgement day for Powai Panthers and Dark Knights.
This match was more important for Dark Knights than us. This match was going to decide the fate of Dark Knights.

This was a bit different day today. Me jo sabse pehle uthta tha aaj sabse late utha.
Today we asked every investor to come and watch the match. So aaj Harsh ki baari sabko uthane ki. Waise ground par aisa lag raha that ki investors ko match me kam aur photo khichwane me jyada interest tha. Waise sabhi investors ka aane ka ek aur karad that ki today we were going to have a party bcoz we have entered the semis.

The match started with all the rumors in the air. oooooohhhhhhhhhh............Rumors.....Aaj kya hoga......match kahi fix to nahi ho gaya....hhhhmmmmmmm.............pata nahi yaar........Kya Mradul aisa karega..........can't say......lets see. HEHEHEHEHEHEHE....mujhe jab ye sab pata chala to aisa laga ki chalo kahi to mera naam aya.
Is sab hasi mazaak ke beech me match start hua. Powai Panthers started well. I would say " We started bad". Maine jab dekha ki hum me bahut run pad rahe hai to thoda -ve hooting bhi chalu kari. Aur uska shayad hume fayda bhi hua. We got continuous 2 or 3 wickets. Then came the over of Ambika urf Ambi.
Ambi vs Sujesha. Sujesha ne to aise shots lagaye ki usse to indian girls cricket team me hona chahiye. By the end Powai Panthers scored 84 runs.

The Strikers

Now came our turn to bat. Me thoda frust ho gaya tha. We had a slow start. Then came the over of Ganesh(bahut similarities hai Ganesh bhagwan me aur apne Ganesh me). AAAhhhh we were back in the game. He was struck for 30 runs in that over. Tab aisa laga ki ab to ye match hamara hai.
Match ke beech me Rahul ko fielding me kum aur photo khichwane me jyada maza aa raha tha. Wo apni tummy ko lekar pure ground me ghum raha tha aur alag alag pose me photo khichwa raha tha.


Then came the over of Sujesha. Meri -ve hooting us waqt bhi chalu thi. Vijay Gabale was saying no wides, but I was saying ९(in hindi) wides. But she bowled well.
We need to scored 30 runs in last 2 overs. I tried to hit but got out. Rupesh played some very nice hits. But in the end we lost the match by 11 runs.

We will strike back with full enthu and try to win the next match....
All The Best

Sriker's........Striking Hard

Hi Friends,

This is my first blog....so if there are mistakes then forgive me.

Ho sakta hai ki itna interesting bhi naa ho. But bear me.

Day 4 The Striker vs Dark Knights

The day started the same. Morning 7am started with my captaingiri. Captaingiri me sabse bura kaam ye hi hai ki sabhi players ko uthana padta hai to ensure that no one reaches late and everyone is able to practice. Aur uske liye mujhe sabse jaldi uthna padta hai.

We lost the toss. And were forced to bowl first. Aaj to Dark Nights ke liye karo ya maro wala kaam tha. And we knew that. But what a start for them. They hit every bowler. Even the perfect of our team were hit like anything. Bhanu who was in best of his form got out in playing a silly shot under pressure. Then came the last over and it was a disaster for them. Rupesh took 3 wickets and that was awesome. But still they were able to score 73 runs.

Now came our turn to bat. This was a huge score and in the previous matches all the scores which were chased were around 60, so this was really huge. Our opening batsmen Vijay and Haranath..........No word to express my feelings for there performance. Wat a start they gave to the team. 1st over Rishi was struck every where, He was jus confused where to bowl to Vijay (clever man). Kabhi koi fielder aage aata to kabhi peeche jaata. I think we scored arnd 15 runs in that over. Then came haranath. He was playing beautifully rotating strike and punishing the bad delivery.

Yaar KPL ka sabse ganda rule when a batsman score 30 he has to get retiered. And vijay came back to pavillion. Then it was me at 1 down. Mujhe log samjha samjha ke thak gaye ki thoda sambhal ke khel. Lekinme unhe kaise samjhau ki ball itni darpok (scared) hai ki mere bat se touch hi nahi hona chahti. hamesh me itni zor se bat ghumata hu ki wo dar ke dur se nikal jaati hai. Phir bhi kabhi kabhi me chakma de ke use khel hi leta hu.

Bas aise hi khelte khelte last over agaya. It was Krishna. Sab Uski lene me lage hue the bcoz he was not wearing the team T-shirt. Uski doosri ball pe we won.

It was our 2nd win in a row. Great match.