The day I saw them.

I saw them. Today. Finally. The men who make news, for good and bad reasons. The legends, the maestros and the newbies.

Yes, the Indian cricket team is here. As they geared up in the nets today for the rest of the tour, I watched them practice for an hour or so.

Its amusing how in spite of knowing this, we always tend to be curious if the players(or any celebrity for that matter) look the same in real life than as we have always seen them on television. More gawks come when they speak off camera. For some reason, we never tend to believe that they speak just like us. In fact, to some part of our mind, hearing them probably gives pleasure and relief ("Ahh .. this is something he does just like me [;-)]").

I enjoyed two things in particular. One, Dravid playing his sweet strokes, and two, the mere presence of Sachin (he was bowling); just knowing that he is for real, and that I am standing only a few feet from him, made my day. I wonder how many people's such days he would have made by now, just by being alive all these years.

I don't know how much it should count. But I'll remember this day as the day when I saw them so closely. Yes, the same people who used to play on TV, ever since I was a little kid.