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[caption id="attachment_9538" align="alignnone" width="580"] Rehearsal of the play. Image Source: Xtra Time[/caption] Kolkata: Cricket is a favorite sports for all Bengalis. But till now there has been no play on cricket in theatres. This is the first time Cricket is being implemented as the main subject in theatre history of Kolkata. The play has been titled as “Life of 22 Yards” or “Baish Gojer Jibon” The play is all about a young cricketer named Sunny who plays club cricket for top two clubs of Kolkata, Friend Sporting and United Athletic Club and co-incidentally they share the same ground. These two clubs have a big rivalry amongst themselves. He debuted for Friend Sporting where co-incidentally he was coached by his father Sovan. Sunny played some blistering knocks for Friend Sporting which helped to get select in the Bengal Ranji Trophy squad. Later, he was forced to shift from Friend Sporting to United Athletic Club due to internal issues. In the mean time, when Sunny was playing club cricket and representing Bengal, players Like Sourav Ganguly went a long way by donning Indian jersey in International arena and also captaining India successfully. Many other players from Bengal also were in the reckoning for the Indian team but Sunny was never thought even for the 30 member probables. Sunny had also gone through bad patches which had happened to many cricketers in the past but he had never lost hope on himself and always tried to overcome it. The play will be directed by Ashoke Mukhopadhay and written by Sumitra Bandopadhay which will be played on 17^th March at the Academy of fine Arts from 6:30p.m.