At the Oval Maidan recreation ground in Mumbai young cricketers can imagine they are the next MS Dhoni or Virat KohliIndia is home to many religions: Hindu,Muslim, Sikh, or Buddhist,Christian and more. But they say the No 1 religion is cricket. And a trip to the Oval Maidan, a nine-hectare recreation ground in Mumbai, or seems to confirm this. On a Sunday afternoon here there are so many games going on at once – perhaps 100 – that it’s almost impossible to work out who is playing in which one. The game is played expeditiously and furiously. It is a dusty surface on which a bowler ought to be able to spin the ball but,despite the heat, all the bowlers steam in and propel the rubber ball as expeditiously as they can. The first delivery will be a bouncer at the batsman’s head to sustain him back in his crease. The next will be just as rapid/fast but this time at his feet, or if he misses it his stumps will be sent cartwheeling.
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Source: theguardian.com