Saturday, May 28, 2022

Oh, that Buttler! - N.K.Narasimhan





 


"Anushkaaaa.... I scored a century."

"Are you serious? I don't believe it."

"Where were you? I played a match winning knock. We reached the Finals!"

"Oh..I am so sorry Virat. Every time you went into bat our dear one will look at you go to the middle of the ground and yell Papa papa and you will come back immediately. It was a bit too much for a little one to have her way too soon."

"Oh.. you missed my knock."

"How come? So surprising! I thought whoever bowled could get you out in a whisker. I just don't believe it. And that a century. Wait.. 
let me see the scorecard before I give you full marks. What you're saying is too shocking for me. You have helped so many players to reach their full potential. But..."

"Hey, we are not discussing what I did to others."

"You're not. I am. You get out to every Tom Dick and Harry and to every net bowler and you make tall claims here."

"Ok. If you don't believe,....See the scorecard.
Check it on your mobile."

"One sec... oh my God..Virat darling... you did it.
Its true. At last. You did score a century and won the match. Yay!
Wait...wait... Something is wrong. I forgot to mention the year. This is an old score card."

 "No..no.. it was a century. Virat scored a century. And RCB won the match."

"Hey,... useless fellow.. get up. And go, get milk. Its already 8 am. You watch some stupid match till late in the night and start screaming in sleep."

"Mom.. oh no.. was it a dream?"

"Yes... like you.. there may be so many waking up like this. You RCB fans... I tell you."

"But..where's Daddy?"

"Oh..he was yelling over the phone to somebody.
Talking about some Butler... mmm. Forever thinking of food!"

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