A conversation that our correspondent in Kolkota overheard in a Coffee House after the culmination of day 5 of the second-test match between India and South Africa.


“So? Are you sated with the tumbling and creating of records on Day Five of the ongoing Test Series?”

“What records? And was it Day Five, for me it was Day One! He, He.”

“You certainly watched today’s game isn’t it?”

“I was at the stadium. Period I wanted to see how many times they flashed my mug on the giant screen.”

“How were you sure?”

“Oh! I had the zaniest slogan to lift up and wave whenever the crowd roared and cheered.”

“And you didn’t know why the crowd cheered and roared?”

“Naah! One thing I noticed was that...

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