Dinesh Karthik is a rainbow that is pure joy, mist and colour arching over your head, so ethereal and absolute that for a moment, you forget every other care.
Mohammed Shami is the phoenix, reborn from ashes, indomitable in failure and roaring silently in success.
Cheteshwar Pujara is the grandfather's clock standing beside the mantelpiece over decades, old-fashioned and timeless, striking the hour day in and day out that has faded into background noise.
Suresh Raina is dewdrops on flower petals, soft and cool and contented, that only sees the beauty of the world.
Ishant Sharma is a rocky mountain horse, inky-black, galloping over steep ascents without a backward glance, throwing its head back as wind whistles up-and-down in its ears, sounding of nonchalant prodigy.
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Kaleidoscope
FanfictionEveryone is beautiful in a way that's their own. A metaphorical take on the entire spectrum of beauty we've found in the Indian cricket team over the years.