P has taken an interest in cricket! Yes…. I never thought that would happen. She would refuse to even hold a ball when she was little. And sports dint interest her at all. But I see that her new school has changed that. I must admit, the old school where she went pre primary, had zero focus on sports. They had a namesake sports complex which was like a factory shed with lesser ventilation than needed. 

The interest cropped up during the last season of IPL. She watched a few matches with her cousin brother her age. And another cousin at Nani house increased the cricket interest with the introduction of cricket attax cards. Now she knows the Mumbai and bangalore teams pretty well and and recognise most of them by face. Today she and papa were watching the India Pak match and she squealed in excitement when Kohli or Yuvraj hit boundries. She has been after me to take her for the Sachin movie but we haven’t yet been able to. Her cricket sir in school has advised them to see the movie. So it must be done!

With this entire thing I realised that we never will know what really will interest our children and when. We assume she is a certain kind and she turns out differently! I remember discussing this with a cousin a few years back. I told P is just not interested in sports. So I know that putting her in this school might be a waste if that’s what the school is known for. And she was like Pooja just hold on. You never know what she might take up. And it’s true.