Merry As Cricket

Cric Cric Cricket, Don't throw your wicket 

The stadium is resounding with this mantra 

Both the teams evenly matched 

Tooth for tooth and eye for an eye match 

Swearing, taunting and a nail-biting snatch

As the game opens up, here a four and there a six

And lo! comes the bouncer with a super quick fix 

It's just not cricket everyone makes noise 

And thunderous applause from the home team drowns the cries 

Whatte' cricket match! Exclaims one fan

Oh No!! We are on the sticky ground, buck up, common man!!! 

The hysteria, the fervour the, joy and the high this game creates 

Probably no other game could as much generate 

From a six-year-old boy to a sixty-year senior 

The cricket fever is the same in all juniors 

If there is a feeling of belongingness anywhere in the game of cricket

If there is a feeling of identity with the flag's spirit

and if there is an emotion of patriotism in people hearts 

We get to see this in the cricket maidan

Wish we had the same excitement and enthusiasm  

In building a Nation with a strong Nationalism

Cricket is called a gentleman's game 

There is so much hard work, name, and fame 

And of course, the unity, bonding and camaraderie is a must 

And in every international game played, love for the country is utmost.

Be it the border force gun wielding jawan 

Or the bat swinging swanky sportsman

The Nation matters more, and the Flag is at their heart's core

Both fight and play for the countrys honour of course 

Every citizen's proud moment, in war or game 

Is the National pride hoisted at the Victory's claim