Happy Teachers' Day - Lessons from gully cricket!

By Ankit Poddar

As kids, perhaps, we had all dreamt of being a cricketer - and that led to my introduction and affection for gully cricket.

And there has been no better teacher than gully cricket.

Lesson 1 - There is no better way to fight a bunch of egoistic and arrogant kids than to hit some quick runs against them and help your team win.

Lesson 2 - There is nothing more strategic than making a not-so-good bowler bowl against "their" best batsman, and the look on his face after the six he hits, then a four and then clean-bowled.

Lesson 3 - and the most important at that - There is no sport that teaches you taking defeat so sportingly than gully cricket, because, in gully cricket, you always know, tomorrow will see the start of a new match.

And there are some more, but then i am not sure, if everyone has gone through the same brand of gully cricket as I have.

I thought this is the best place to share my views on gully cricket, come forward and reply with what your teacher taught you.

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