My first

So I had another of my "firsts" yesterday. Watched the India-Ireland match in stadium.
I had decided not to go, though my sister had come down from Delhi and she had passes for all of us.
Even my cousin and a friend had flown down from Hyderabad, just to watch the match.

But after Ireland's batting was over, I suddenly had this urge to be there. I thought to myself, Bangalore is offering me yet another first, and I should grab it.
So I rushed to at least watch the Indian side of batting.

And as I sat there watching, I had a few revelations: About myself and the match:
- That I liked being part of the Mexican waves which the crowd was making
- That the larger than life image of cricketers playing it out on the ground could sometimes look so small and achievable. I thought I could have ran better between the wickets :)
- That I sometimes forgot it was a real match happening right in front of my eyes, but many a times mistook it for large TV screen and some of the shots looked like replay.
- That at times when the batsman is ready to play and bowler is about to bowl, there could be one fielder near boundary, who is rolling on the ground, stretching his muscles, or getting some first aid done. Its not all "Action packed drama" on the field, all the time
- That crowd goes berserk as much for Tendulkar as for Yusuf Pathan.
- That people are camera crazy.

So my first ever "stadium-watching-match" was a world cup, in my city.

All this high..without a drop of alcohol!