I have played different sports to be physically active. To name a few, I have played cricket, football, racket, and volleyball, and I have done swimming, running, body building, trekking and mountain hiking and more.

I started playing cricket when I was 12 years old. I didn’t have a ball or a bat of my own, however, I joined other kids playing in the neighborhood. Sometimes it was free and the other times, I had to give marbles and then join them.

The person who owned the ball or the bat used to bat, and kids like me would ball or go for fielding. We did not have any sports ground, but there were plenty of open grounds in our neighborhood.

Since our schools were in the morning, and we would come home in the afternoon, we sneaked out of the home and played cricket under the hot sun. Therefore, we would receive punishment from our parents too. But we preferred going out playing cricket to staying at home or sleeping.

To be continued…..