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A Feature by Syed Ahsan Ali
on May 17, 2007
Aesthetics in the game. In the
game of sweat, dirt and dust you are looking for
aesthetics. You should go to an art gallery. You
should read a book of poetry. Or if you can
arrange for an old Hindi movie, then that would
be better for you. Aesthetics on the cricket
sanctuary is highly unlikely to find.
The man who was told by someone that if you want
to witness aesthetics in this age of crude
emotions and swinging lifestyles, you should go
to a cricket stadium. But when he reaches this
stadium now, everyone around is making fun of
him and his idea. After hours of unanswered
queries, he returned home with all hopes crashed
of finding a touch of artistry in this empty
society.
 One
day, the same man met the person who told him to
go to a stadium for finding an art. He asked
that man why he sent him there when there was no
sign of such happening at the place. The man
laughed and said there is an artist in the
stadium whose name slipped out of his mind, who
can give you what you want; you just have to be
persistent with your travails. After that day,
that man kept on going to the stadium
continuously looking here and there for any sign
of it. One day he was sitting in a match in
which the Ranji Side Hyderabad was batting. For
the difference, he was looking on the pitch for
finding his target which is impossible according
to his own opinion then suddenly his eyes fixed
on a tall, well-built batsman who was eyeing his
spots to pierce gaps here and there
meticulously.
Our man found him different; relying on his
limited knowledge about the game, our man had
found him interesting. Then the same batsman
flicked one off his legs through the on side
immaculately. The ground turned into a circus.
Crowd felt itself short of ways to express their
liking for the shot. The Batsman in the middle
got ready for another and then he came down the
track and hit it down the ground dissecting
cover and mid-off with the birthmark of genius.
The man whose eyes got gobsmacked, screamed on
top of his voice,” I find it. I find it finally.
This is what I was looking for, a piece of art,
a touch of charisma, a stroke of brilliance.”
People oblivious of his exuberance keep staring
at the batsman who was busy in tormenting
bowlers with enormous precision. Are you also
looking for aesthetics on cricket ground, then
switch on your television sets for tomorrow’s
match between India and Bangladesh!
 And
just wait for Laxman to arrive. You will find
your desire. Yes the man is an emblem of caress,
grace and unparallel beauty about his
stroke-making. He is not as consistent as he
should have been or could have been but he is as
scintillating to behold as any divine gift on
earth for man. I just want him to register few
big runs, runs that are not needed to firm his
brilliance, but to reassert his place in the
side. Because watching him bat can make days of
many cricket lovers all around the world. After
the retirement of Lara, I see that no one else
can give us that many pleasurable moments just
on the basis of their skill with the bat who can
saviour the legacy left by Brian Lara. Laxman
please make runs, plenty of them so we can see
you again, again and again.
Are you looking for aesthetics? So be there.
Don’t forget 18th to 22nd May at Chittagong, the
1st Test Match between Bangladesh and India.
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