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Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny

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"Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity To seize everything you ever wanted in one moment Would you capture it or just let it slip?"       2001. Well, that's the thought that ran through my mind. The setting wasn't a clear summer day in Lords. Absolutely not. It was summer, clear skies - but in a barren paddy lost in the maps of Google. During summer, a little after the harvest, the fields are the only hope for budding sportsmen. Cricket matches are played from dawn to dusk and triumphant winners move on to the next round. There would be anywhere between 6-10 teams fighting it out in a knock-out format during a weekend.      The selection of these teams posed a difficulty. You had to bat, bowl and field well in order to make these teams. One-dimensional cricketers would never make it to the team based on their excellence in a single aspect of the game. They wouldn't even be acknowledged. For most part of the year, they would remain in 3rd man