The unfinished love

1st love

Once there was a boy with a heart filled with love . He was always cherished, innocent , pure to be more precise. His first love was a sport, cricket . His eyes used to light up whenever he played cricket . Maybe his father noticed his craze for cricket, he put that little kid in a cricket coaching camp. It was like a dream come true for that child, he gave his best and got selected in the main team, but was used as a substitute.

It broke the little heart of that child . He was in tears , but his father was there noticing everything.  He took the child to the ground by himself and make him work harder everyday. The training sessions were small yet tough for that child . The kid used to skip school for practice, he left his friends so that he can focus on cricket and this things payed off. Time passed by and that kid was far better than his own past . Again this time he was selected , but this time not as an substitute but in the playing 11. He performed good in the first match and carried his team towards victory. Thus making the dream debut for any kid.

The golden time period started . He was a good player thus having a demand among different teams but he stayed loyal toward his own club. He along with others helped the club win many trophies, but good times fly by very quickly,  soon 5 years passed and now he was 18. This was the start of his downfall. The club for whom he rejected other clubs, recruited 2 other players for his spot. Now the competition was within the team. And that kid who was now 18 was very insecure about his spot in the team. He was afraid of getting substituted again after so many years. That fear made him go beyond his physical limits. He was giving more than his best, ignoring his physical limits. This resulted in a catastrophic back injury which slowly ended his career. The doctors said it's over, he can't play any more, but the fire in the boy was still not ready to accept defeat . He started to play again with the pain. He used to take painkillers before everyday practise.The career was again on track. He was so good that he got a chance to play in the district team. He was excited to play his first match for his own district , but destiny had other plans for him. In that match he dived on the ground and dislocated his left arm. This was like the final nail on the coffin of his cricket career. After that injury. He was marked unfit and was removed from the district team. This broke his determination and he never recovered in the game again.

He sacrificed everything and was too close to his first love but lost it.

He spent 5 long years spending 10 hours a day on the ground. He kept trying with all his might. Stuggling and pushing his limits yet he failed. He lost his social life. He lost his friends. He sacrificed his childhood for cricket, yet he failed to suceed, he was heart broken and slowly moved away from his love, cricket.

One day he was sitting alone in his room. Maybe thinking of quitting, when someone from behind called his name.

Person in the shadow :- Madhav, why are you crying ?

Madhav :- (shocked and afraid) who are you..?

Person in shadow :- I am you but different.