What made me a Rugby fan

I love sports, almost all of them. It never bores me, watching any sport. I embrace excitement, joy, thrill, competition, battle, heat and whatever element you come across by engaging or watching a sport. Above all I, as a sports fan, cherish and remember moments of sporting brilliances.

I remember Arjuna Ranatunga’s glide for four to win the Wills Cricket World Cup in 1996 against Australia for Sri Lanka at Gadaffi Staduim, Lahore. I remember Zinedine Zidane’s two headers in 1998 FIFA World Cup Finals against Brazil for France at Stade de France, Paris. I remember Jonny Wilkinson’s drop goal with the wrong foot, 30 seconds before the end of the extra time, to win the Rugby World Cup in 2003 against Australia for England at Telstra Stadium, Sydney. I remember Usain Bolt casually jogging the last 10 meters to win the 100 meters final in Olympics in 2008 at Bird’s Nest in Beijing, China.

Cricket and Table Tennis

Cricket is a bat and ball game which plays in a field with a 22 yard long pitch in the center of it. Batting is part of the game where a certain skill is required to play a moving ball at a healthy speed. In the present circumstances batting has become the premier entertainment of the game. Ever since a child is sent to Cricket practices by parents what they say to the coach is that to make him a Sangakkara, a Mahela or a Sachin, putting it in to a simple equation, a batting sensation.