Howzat?

In a nation obsessed with cricket a patch of dirt is often converted into a playing pitch with makeshift wickets, a couple of bats and a bunch of eager players, usually boys and men.

Once upon a time it used to be that playing cricket was about only the love of the game and idolising heroes like Sachin Tendulkar who beat his own idol, Donald Bradman's record. Of scoring centuries.

Nowadays with the advent of the Indian Premier League, a limited 20 over game, lots of movie star buy ins and endorsements of teams, local and international players themselves working the limelight, heightening their profiles and minting money, young folk are equally enamoured with fame and fortune and the high life that cricket can offer.