“Well, his father was a friend of your’s, was he not? He told us his father spent a lot of time and energy on finding you when he was a child. “Is that so? I would have assumed he would have been overjoyed to meet you.” Thor stated confused. “Ah, well, our first meeting didn’t exactly.go very well.” he admitted. “What was your first impression of the Man of Iron?” Hela asked suddenly and he froze. He was so used to having Loki there to keep him on track that he found himself stumbling a bit. He seemed unsure of what to touch or even talk about. It’s quite popular, or so I have heard.” he replied. I assume most have heard that story before.
The Captain blinked, a little startled before he nodded. “The Man of Iron told us about your heroic rescue of your comrades as well as many others.” Thor replied. It had been so long since Thor had heard that name and Hela had never heard his last name. It took them a second to figure out who ‘Mr. Stark did not like me very much.” Steve stated. They noticed the slight twitch of his hand before he coughed. “The Man of Iron has told us some fascinating stories about you, Captain.” Thor stated. I’m just a kid from Brooklyn.” he replied politely. “Well, I’m not sure what else there is to say, Ma’am. “So Captain, tell us more about yourself.” Hela asked as she idly drank her tea. They could see that the Captain was honest, loyal and quite sincere about continuing the close connection the two worlds had, but Thor still wasn’t sure he wanted to give the Man of Iron up. Thor wasn’t sure what to make of the timing, but Hela smelt a rat. After first introductions, they were led to a small room and it was explained to them that the Captain had been retrieved from the ice where he lay sleeping for over seventy years and thawed out only one year ago. The coaches, Yere Goud and Sreenath Arvind, who have been given a long stint, also have some soul-searching to do.Steve Rogers, Captain America himself, was quite the legend, or so Thor and Hela were learning. That was the age when proven performers like Robin Uthappa, Ganesh Satish and Amit Verma were allowed to go. While Khaleel has emphasised the need to blood youngsters, it has been limited to the bowling department - the average age of the batting unit is 28. Khaleel, who over the past few years has rarely seen Karnataka play, especially in away matches, ought to have been more proactive. Picking a team is one thing, being there at the ground to see them in a competitive setting is another. Fazal Khaleel, the chairman of the selection committee, too should cop the blame for a job half-done. Often, the eight-time Ranji champions have been just 11 individuals and not a unit. For a while now, sparkling individual performances have concealed Karnataka’s shortcomings. The team management too ought to have worked towards keeping the leadership group together, especially when there was the experience of Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, R Samarth and KV Siddharth to fall back on. UP skipper Karan Sharma, 23 years old and having played just three first-class matches, seized the moment as all true leaders do. When the teams returned after tea, it seemed as if Karnataka had lost the appetite for victory. On Wednesday afternoon, UP needed 55 runs and Karnataka five wickets for victory at the start of the final session. The second innings - this was not among the best batting performances we had of late,” the skipper had told reporters after the defeat. “It is definitely disappointing from a batting point of view, as a batsman myself and other batting group. Both his dismissals in the match against UP were unbecoming of a senior player who should lead by example. Evidently, the spark and energy Pandey brings to the field was missing this time around. A seasoned warhorse who has carried his bruises as a badge of honour while playing for Karnataka, he has been a pale shadow of his usual self. Had that been achieved, Karnataka would have played relative lightweights Uttarakhand and not Uttar Pradesh in the quarters.
With Prasidh on a song, the onus was on Pandey to stand firm and marshal his resources for the bonus point. The justification was that Karnataka were a bowler short, with Ronit More injured and Prasidh Krishna having bowled a long spell (12 overs split by the lunch break).
Instead of enforcing the follow-on, they batted again. After scoring 302 in the first innings, Karnataka did well to bowl out the opposition for 93. A case in point is the league match against Jammu and Kashmir in Chennai earlier in the season.
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