Footbal was my passion but I stayed reluctant!

Saving goals is the biggest thing in this game which is football and thankfully I almost saved 79% of the kicks at the goalpost standing as a goalkeeper throughout my sports and games period. Although, I did not go for professional coaching but was openly asked by Mr. Peter Thangraj from my father in the year 1992 at Mohan Kumar Mangalam Stadium, Bokaro Steel City, Jharkhand. He said your son can become a great footballer if the coaching is to be done under Tata Football Academy. I was a bit excited but when my father vehemently denied I did not cry as he must have seen the great days during the Congress rule when the Sportsperson were treated merely like any small icons and football was nothing bigger in India as cricket was taking over.

But, the fact remains the same that although Tata football academy operates from Bokaro Steel City only one out of 11 boys get selected in some bigger team at the world level and the others remain only till Subroto Cup.

So, thankfully, my father was aware of the people from Bihar who believe about giving a bullet more importance which is the Enfield but not to the sportsperson who could bring laurels to themselves and the country. So, as it happened that football was my passion but I stayed reluctant for which I do not blame my father and his thought process and neither the thought behind anyone of us but as it is the life in India that people carry a heavy kit bag with bat, gloves, ball but just cannot buy a football and get into the practice mode on their own. There are very few who are into this game and thankfully, nowadays with Hero IPL i.e. Indian Premier League one could easily get into this game which has come up always as the best way to get the kick. 

The scenario has changed in life and so does the better infrastructure which has given enough ways to get into the thought of getting actively into this sports which have given enough opportunities to many all around the globe with the highest paying sports and also the World Cup which remains the best of the sporting event where the world best team meets at four years interval!