Get One Bye Two by Dhiraj Singh

Author:Dhiraj Singh [Singh, Dhiraj]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781945400674
Publisher: Notion Press
Published: 2019-07-12T22:00:00+00:00

Bangalore was bustling with energy and passion that day. The Bangalore team was playing the Chennai team. The passion between the two cities over the game of cricket was more than their dispute over water sharing.

There were superstars playing on either side. But the biggest superstar was Ramaan Khanna, who was to do a special performance at the cricket ground. Maru and Umar were more excited about his performance than the game. In fact, they didn’t care who won the game. Their favourite, the Delhi team, had anyway been relegated to the last position in the rankings yet again this year.

Maru and Umar bonded like old friends at the VIP box. Beer was in full flow. The sponsors of the Bangalore team was a beer-making company and it made sure it provided a ‘high’ to the people in the privileged boxes. The younger and more ambitious executives in the VIP boxes were busy exchanging cards—probably a target set by their bosses for the perks they were being provided.

Maru and Umar were quite drunk as they hugged each other over stupid Santa Banta jokes. When one of the young executives approached them and tried to strike a conversation, Maru knew how to fend him off.

“We will give you our cards only if you answer our three questions. All related to cricket! We want to know if you really deserve to sit in this box and enjoy the game meant for gentlemen like us,” said Maru.

“Hear! Hear!” Umar cheered his drunk comrade Maru.

“Okay. First question. Why do you bat so well when your finger is cut off? Second question is why do pest companies hate a leading cricket player and why? And last question is why do all aspiring wicket-keepers keep washing their knees on the ground? Your times starts now!”

Maru and Umar laughed loudly, awaiting the answers. Their laughter had been stifled in the business class of the flight earlier. But here, their laughter blended with the noise in the stadium.

“I give up,” said the young executive, who was clearly not prepared for such an interview.

“That’s the problem with you young guys. You want the short cut always. No persistence! Okay, let me tell you the answers. Answer to first question is ‘Go-anguli’ – you know the famous royal Bengal tiger from Kolkata? Second answer is ‘We-rat’ – you know our famous cheetah from Delhi? And the third is pretty easy. It’s ‘Dho-knee’ – you know our famous lion from Ranchi?”

While Umar and Maru rolled on the ground with laughter, the young executive made a hasty retreat from there. He stayed away from them for the rest of the game.

Lina and Anil were sitting in the adjacent box, enjoying the hospitality of the Times Group. They noticed each other from the far corners of the box and even smiled at each other, but they did not have any conversation. Anil was busy talking to his friend Niraj who had seen him enter the box through one of the main gates where Niraj’s company was providing voluntary security services.

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