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wallet. Dr Verma gave me a stern glance to stop.
'Fascinating,' Dr Multani said only one word as he held up Mi's MRI scan. He
had spent two hours with Ali. He did every test imaginable - a fitness check, a
blood test, retinal scans, a computerised hand-eye coordination exam. The Matrix
style MRI, where Ali had to lie down head first inside a chamber, proved most
useful.
'I miss my sports-doctor days, Verma. This love for Amdavad made me give up
a lot,' Dr Multani said. He ordered tea and khakra for all of us.
Are we done?' Ali said and yawned.
'Almost. Play marbles in the garden outside if you want,' I )r Multani said. He
kept quiet until Ali left.
'That was some work, Multani, for a little headache,' Dr Verma s.iid.
'It is not just a headache,' Dr Multani said and munched a kliakra. 'Ish is right,
the boy is exceptionally gifted.'
'How?' I blurted. What was in those tests that said Ali could smash any bowler
to bits.
'The boy has hyper-reflex. It is an aberration in medical terms, but proving to
be a gift for cricket.'
'Hyper what?' Omi echoed.
'Hyper reflex,' Dr Multani lifted a round glass paper weight from I lis table and
pretended to hurl it at Omi. Omi ducked. 'When I ihrow this at you, what do you
do? You reflexively try to prevent 1 he attack. I didn't give you an advance
warning and everything happened in a split second. Thus, you didn't do a
conscious think to duck away, it just happened.'
Dr Multani paused for a sip of water and continued, 'It matters little in
everyday life, except if we touch something too hot or too cold. However, in sports
it is crucial.' Dr Multani paused to open .1 few reports and picked up another
khakra.
I looked at Ali outside from the window. He was using a catapult to shoot one
marble to hit another one.
'So Ali has good reflexes. That's it?' Ish said.
'His reflexes are at least ten times better than ours. But there is more. Apart
from reflex action, the human brain makes decisions in two other ways. One is
the long, analysed mode - the problem goes through a rigorous analysis in our
brain and we decide the course of action. And then there is a separate, second
way that's faster but less accurate. Normally, the long way is used and we are
aware of it. But sometimes, in urgent situations, the brain chooses the shortcut
way. Call it a quick-think mode.'
We nodded as Dr Multani continued:
'In reflex action, the brain short-circuits the thinking process and acts. He can
just about duck, forget try to catch it. However, the response time is superfast.
Sports has moments that requires you to think in every possible way - analysed,
quick-think or reflex.'
And Ali?' Ish said.
Dr Multani picked up the MRI scan again. 'Ali's brain is fascinating. His first,
second and even the third reflex way of thinking is fused. His response time is as
fast as that of a reflex action, yet his decision making is as accurate as the
analysed mode. You may think he hit that superfast delivery of yours by luck, but
his brain saw its path easily. Like it was a soft throw.'
'But I bowled fast.'
'Yes, but his brain can register it and act accordingly. If it is hard to visualise ...
imagine that Ali sees the ball in slow motion A normal player will use the second
or third way of thinking to hit a fast ball. Ali uses the first. A normal player needs
years of practice to ensure his second way gets as accurate to play well. Ali
doesn't need to. That is his gift.'
It look us a minute to digest Dr Multani's words. We definitely had to use the
first way of thinking to understand it.
'To him a pace delivery is slow motion?' Ish tried again.
'Only to his brain, as it analyses fast. Of course, if you hit him with a fast ball
he will get hurt.'
'But how can he hit so far?' Ish said.
'He doesn't hit much. He changes direction of the already fast ball. The energy
in that ball is mostly yours.'
'Have you seen other gifted players like him?' I wanted to know.
'Not to this
'Fascinating,' Dr Multani said only one word as he held up Mi's MRI scan. He
had spent two hours with Ali. He did every test imaginable - a fitness check, a
blood test, retinal scans, a computerised hand-eye coordination exam. The Matrix
style MRI, where Ali had to lie down head first inside a chamber, proved most
useful.
'I miss my sports-doctor days, Verma. This love for Amdavad made me give up
a lot,' Dr Multani said. He ordered tea and khakra for all of us.
Are we done?' Ali said and yawned.
'Almost. Play marbles in the garden outside if you want,' I )r Multani said. He
kept quiet until Ali left.
'That was some work, Multani, for a little headache,' Dr Verma s.iid.
'It is not just a headache,' Dr Multani said and munched a kliakra. 'Ish is right,
the boy is exceptionally gifted.'
'How?' I blurted. What was in those tests that said Ali could smash any bowler
to bits.
'The boy has hyper-reflex. It is an aberration in medical terms, but proving to
be a gift for cricket.'
'Hyper what?' Omi echoed.
'Hyper reflex,' Dr Multani lifted a round glass paper weight from I lis table and
pretended to hurl it at Omi. Omi ducked. 'When I ihrow this at you, what do you
do? You reflexively try to prevent 1 he attack. I didn't give you an advance
warning and everything happened in a split second. Thus, you didn't do a
conscious think to duck away, it just happened.'
Dr Multani paused for a sip of water and continued, 'It matters little in
everyday life, except if we touch something too hot or too cold. However, in sports
it is crucial.' Dr Multani paused to open .1 few reports and picked up another
khakra.
I looked at Ali outside from the window. He was using a catapult to shoot one
marble to hit another one.
'So Ali has good reflexes. That's it?' Ish said.
'His reflexes are at least ten times better than ours. But there is more. Apart
from reflex action, the human brain makes decisions in two other ways. One is
the long, analysed mode - the problem goes through a rigorous analysis in our
brain and we decide the course of action. And then there is a separate, second
way that's faster but less accurate. Normally, the long way is used and we are
aware of it. But sometimes, in urgent situations, the brain chooses the shortcut
way. Call it a quick-think mode.'
We nodded as Dr Multani continued:
'In reflex action, the brain short-circuits the thinking process and acts. He can
just about duck, forget try to catch it. However, the response time is superfast.
Sports has moments that requires you to think in every possible way - analysed,
quick-think or reflex.'
And Ali?' Ish said.
Dr Multani picked up the MRI scan again. 'Ali's brain is fascinating. His first,
second and even the third reflex way of thinking is fused. His response time is as
fast as that of a reflex action, yet his decision making is as accurate as the
analysed mode. You may think he hit that superfast delivery of yours by luck, but
his brain saw its path easily. Like it was a soft throw.'
'But I bowled fast.'
'Yes, but his brain can register it and act accordingly. If it is hard to visualise ...
imagine that Ali sees the ball in slow motion A normal player will use the second
or third way of thinking to hit a fast ball. Ali uses the first. A normal player needs
years of practice to ensure his second way gets as accurate to play well. Ali
doesn't need to. That is his gift.'
It look us a minute to digest Dr Multani's words. We definitely had to use the
first way of thinking to understand it.
'To him a pace delivery is slow motion?' Ish tried again.
'Only to his brain, as it analyses fast. Of course, if you hit him with a fast ball
he will get hurt.'
'But how can he hit so far?' Ish said.
'He doesn't hit much. He changes direction of the already fast ball. The energy
in that ball is mostly yours.'
'Have you seen other gifted players like him?' I wanted to know.
'Not to this
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