Mayoor bowlers, Pranay and Kunal, bowled an impeccable length and had Samridh groping for the ball on several occasions! Our most accomplished player was in too great a hurry, and did not inspire any confidence with his incessant flourishes outside the off-stump. Kocher, on the other hand, was a model of solidity and played a fantastic hand for the school. Samridh’s death-wish was granted by the cricketing gods and he finally succeeded in nicking one from Nomman to the keeper! Avyay joined Kocher and the two Nizam stalwarts combined well, rotated the strike, and took us within reach of victory before Avyay was bowled by Pranay for a rollicking 43! We were in sight of victory and after Pulkit held the fort for a while, Sharma joined Kocher and the two helped themselves to the runs required. The school cantered home in the 32nd over for the loss of four wickets: a comprehensive win! Kocher played a match-winning knock, anchoring the side, and absorbing the pressure of early setbacks!

Scores: Mayoor School 137 all out; Pranay 51, Geet 23, Pulkit 4 for 13, Amritesh 2 for 27, Shukla 2 for 27, S. Sharma 1 for 32.
The Doon School 138 for 4; A.Jhunjhunwala 43, K. Kocher 39 n.o., S. Sharma 14; Nitin 2 for 16, Prannay 1 for 13, Naman 1 for 20.

Free-Wheelin’
Samkit Sethia recounts his latest tutorial outing

There was a sudden uproar of excitement at the H House CDH table when the A formers heard that they were going to go cycling. So much was our excitement that we test-rode our cycles in school on Saturday itself.

We started early on Sunday morning and headed for Doiwala. Immediately after consuming a hearty breakfast, we were all geared up for cycling. We strapped on our elbow and knee guards, fastened our helmets and hit the road. Within five minutes of our starting, the well-known ‘jam-up’ Akshat Khandelwal, had his bicycle chain come off, thereby delaying us by twenty minutes. We raced across the rural terrain and crossed many bridges. Vansh and Batra entertained us with nose wheelies and other stunts. SJB kept cracking jokes to keep up our spirits.
We rode past small, fast-flowing streams and at one point of time were cycling parallel to the high-voltage electric fences of the Rajaji National Park. Armaan Malhotra, so scared of getting electrocuted hit a boulder and performed a ‘fried egg’ on the ground. Tired and exhausted, we went to a rest house and followed it up with a swim in a close-by stream. We played and enjoyed ourselves in the water. SJB also joined us and a few snaps were taken. Back at the rest house, a very interesting lunch comprising Maggi, garlic bread, watermelon and Frooti awaited us.
This was followed by a jungle safari, during which we saw a horde of monkeys, a few tuskers and a member of the deer family, the cheetal.
This marked the end of our outing as we headed back for school. All in all, it was a wonderful experience which we hope to repeat soon.

Letters to the Editor

Way To Go, CDH!

This is to comment on the improved quality and variety of food being served in the CDH. There was a time when the word roti was preceded with ‘bullet-proof’; these are now much softer and the CDH is even occasionally serving different types of rotis such as rumali and missi roti. Besides all this, a number of new dishes have made their appearance and have been greatly liked by Doscos. The new sweet dishes and salads are particularly worth a mention. I think it is time that we stopped cribbing and started appreciating the efforts of the CDH staff - very commendable indeed! Kudos to Mr. Makhija. He has succeeded in actually satisfying the Dosco stomach with his creativity and resourcefulness.

(Naman Goel)

This is to commend the CDH on the improvement in both quality and variety of food this term. It also seems that the bird flu scare has been a blessing in disguise for us Doscos. Fresh strawberries, poha and flavoured yogurts are definitely preferable to cold omelettes and greasy fried eggs. The ‘new’ menu is both healthy and flavourful. Even if eggs and chicken reappear on the menu, I hope the high standard is maintained.

(Soumitra Srivastava)

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