Washington Sundar

May skies have no clouds.
May skies have no doubts.
May skies hot,
May stills.

If you cant beat the heat, take it. Me am taking it. No other way. A day in me life starts with a dull, wake up and a dip into an armchair at the window; Rama offers a stainless steel glass of filter kapi. Me in a snooze in me armchair, she in a snoozz in her armchair, when the The Indian Express, Journalism of Courage, nudges. Try to read the paper upside down to make sense, exception being Washington Sundar of Chennai taking three Mumbai Indians in an early spell at Wankhede. He reminds me of Lance Gibbs, the West Indian off-spinner.  IPL 10 is Washington Sundar 10. And me loves it. And there is the IPL final to come. Me latest heart thump - Washington Sundar, 6.2 ft., 17 years old. Father speaking, son speaking and The Indian Express reporting. How did the fellow get his name? Do not know. Will follow California Iyer, Doha Nair, Melbourne Iyengar in the next IPL. Has he been peck-named by captain Steve Smith and hero MS Dhoni. You cant call him Washington through many games and the times in between. What happens to the pride of locals, Tendulkars and Gavaskars; Sehwag and Gambhir patriots. Has Sundar chatted with Ravichandran Ashwin and Venkat. A short trot, arm straight, slow bowls the ball at the off stump; sometime strays and gets clubbed; in TV slowmos, the ball does not spin much. A smile follows after a wicket; not wartime heroics of Harbhajan. Simple like Lyon the Australian. Lyon is the best in the business, after India tour. Perhaps, the only IPL-er smiling. Does not mind getting hit; anyway, he cant do a thing about it. Shreya is impressed. He is not even an adult, she cackles on the phone, late in the night. Shreya follows IPL cricket, not any other cricket; calls mid-night to clear doubts and turn Ajoba doubtful. Maybe, Washington Sundar is Washington Sundar, because he is not an adult, picking up Rohit Sharma and Harbhajan-isms. Sundar could be crooning the Tamil song: Take it easy, Urvashi, Urvashi ... every ball he bowls slow. If there is an option, he should be picked for Champions Trophy, in place of Bumrah. Is Washington at school or college? Does he read books? Is he keen on cricket history? His films, TV shows, girl friends... Well, Washington Sundar may not have much time having to spin and spin, for hours. Me has time. Sure to follow you. Waiting for Sunday final at Hyderabad. A century from Dhoni, six wickets from Washington Sundar and IPL-10 Trophy to Pune. Sundar, thanks for the dream. Wish you the BEST.