I know how it came into existence. Here's the thing that happend,
scene1,an old english study.Camera moves for a top from the back of an desk with a grey head delved into a hardbound book.He closes it suddenly and runs out of the room.
Scene2,a grey head watching Ashes LIVE in his hall.Room's door slams open suddenly. and this man is scared to hell. 'Hey Duckworth mate,what's the matter with you?Why are u in a hurry.You look like Archemides just out of his tub when he found that solution to the famous problem'.
DW:Yes mate Levis,I think I found one.
L: For which problem? I don't mind what ever it is.Only thing I am thinking now is how to decide who wins in a rain hit match? I bit ur also thinking abt the same.boz we are such thick mates.We think alike. (a proud grin on his face)
DW:Yeah mate.I did that.I was going tru this old Indian epic called 'The Mahabharatha'.Before starting the war,both sides decide to fit only till the dusk.Once the sun sets they go back home.
L: So? What has that to do with cricket?
DW:'Match will be played only for X hours,even when the rain plays.'
L:then how do u decide the winner?
DW:After that stipulated time,we both decide the winner. somehow I felt we are like Lord Krishna.
L: Lord who?
DW:Lord krishna.U remember the name we were chanting yesterday at the Hare Krishna matt?
L:Yeah.got him. SO u mean, we will decide the winner like he did? U mean we count the number of sins each team committed and the one with lesser count after those x hours will be the winner?
DW: you got me mate.
L:But how shall we count?
DW:I read that krishna counted beetle nuts for shishupala,some demon king.
L:so we buy them this weekend?
DW: U dumb head. We count runs and wickets.But I see this little problem. God forgives a man if this heart becomes a good one even at the last breath.
L: hmmm,we are not god. so we cannot consider that heart factor. but I am loving this god thing.so u mean we are going to be GOD of cricket.? we will calcuate the winner. (A loud laugh,the kinda one that duryodhana,keechaka,Ravana and all other demon kings usually give in our movies.)