Palaver with Kapil Dev

That was a routine sunday afternoon...I woke up late...at around 12.30 to find myself alone at house...I was feeling low for no reason. I called up India to chat with some friends, but my mood was still not in place...I got a phone call from my flatmates asking me to join them. They were in central london seeing some Museums...I told them that I would join..but from inside I was not feeling like...After taking a long soothing bath I went down in the living room. Just to kill my time, I swiched ON the TV...it was French Open Men's Final Live!!! I had almost forgotten about it...I watched Nadal winning 3rd consecative time...He really tamed Federer on that day..After getting some enthusiasm after watching the match, I decided to move out to central London to roam around alone..I got down at my favourate place 'Piccadilly Circus' and sat on the bench near the fountain..On the hot and humid day, the sprinckles of cold water from the fountain were felt like a devine thing. I managed to catch my flatemates in the late evening and then we went for a dinner. It was an Italian restaurant, and we orderd a combo 3 course dinner. As we were getting along with the main course, Aditya almost shouted.."Come on...He is Kapil Dev" he could not believe his senses..and neither could I when I really saw Kapil Dev walking in the same restaurant...

For a die heart cricket fan like me, this moment was no less than being on cloud 9..We had some doubts whehter to go ahead and talk to him or wait for him to settle down etc...Finally the whole bunch (4 of us) got up and went to him...He responsed with a welcome gesture..We shook hand with him..He enquired about us..We had a chat for 3-4 minutes..At last, we asked for a photograph..and he said " Itni kya jaldi hai...u finish ur food and then we will have a nice photograph" It was so kind of him...We returned back to our table and finished our remaining course..but the mind was still not at its place...we were lost in the era of the great player...He won the World cup for India in 1983 in the same city of London...
After finishing our dinner, we went to him and asked him if we shud wait till he finishes his dinner...but he promptly replied that he wud continue his dinner after our photo session..We asked a waitress to click some of our group snaps...
We left the restaurant with the photograph and more importantly, the memory of this great incident stored permanently in our mind. I was no longer feeling low...This is how some events change you mood..