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22 yards for 22 players : Know about the behavior of the cricket pitches

“Bhai run out mat karwana yaar, runs khud ban jayenge (Bro, please don’t get me run out, runs will flow on their own)”, I told Vijay bhai when we were opening the batting for our team while chasing a target of 165 in 20 overs in a local match. Vijay bhai, a fine cricketer, who runs really fast between the wickets is probably too fast for others to match. So, he ends up getting involved in at least two run outs in every match. However, most of the times he over compensates by scoring big. May be the pitch at our home ground is batting friendly.  As the carnival of cricket in India, the IPL, is going on, let us talk about cricket this week. If you are one of those who is not interested in cricket, congratulations!!! You are one among 0.001 percent of Indian population (yup, I just made that number up). I still find it hard to believe if someone tells me he has never played cricket. As a cricket fan of 90’s, we all have lot of sweet and sour memories of Indian cricket of the d