Life hasn’t changed, just perspectives have changed!
Few days
back, COVER DRIVE meant striding forward with angled bat hitting through
cover region, but today it means wiping those covers that are virus driven
Few days
back, STRAIGHT DRIVE meant playing straight back to the bowler, but
today it means driving straight to patients and back home without moving
around
Few days
back, FLICK SHOT meant to angle the ball towards square leg and
midwicket, but today it means diagnosing COVIDs in a flick
Few days
back, PULL SHOT meant to play aerially over midwicket, but today it
means pulling the suspected cases to isolation
Few days
back, GLANCE meant to play softly towards square leg, but today it means
evaluating fever patients in a glance for COVID
Few days
back, LATE CUT meant playing a ball late towards the third man region,
but today it means returning home late with cut down on sleep
Few days back
charging down the track meant advancing on the pitch, leaving the crease
and risking your wicket in search of a biggy, and today it means going out
of the way, sacrificing everything and risking own life in search saving these
patients
Few days
back, Cricket ground was the battlefield and bat, gloves, pads, helmet etc.
as weapons to hit the ball and increase the score; while today COVID
centers are battle fields, with PPEs, sanitizers, HCQs and remdesivir as
weapons, to reduce the score of those who are hit by the spiculated ball (the
novel Corona Virus)
