CHAPTER 9

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Hardik had hard time containing his feelings.

The team wasn't performing very well,they were on the verge of getting knocked out,next match being the deciding one and set against pak.

Back home it was a ritual,loose the world cup it's fine but atleast don't loose to pak in world cup.

He was one of the senior player along with bumrah, rest were relatively young.

Shreyas was doing good job but he felt he was failing to get team finish it through.

Jassi tried to explain it wasn't his fault and things would be better over next games.

That didn't happen, they lost three matches in a row, Rishab,their wicket keeper was injured.

Hardik couldn't understand where things went wrong,this was a freaking worldcup.

And than came the news of rishab's replacement.

To say the team was on edge around him and shubman would be an understatement.

Surprisingly it was he himself who threw a fit like a toddler having an explicit choices of words for the incoming replacement and wicket keeper.

Team expected it to be shubham or mayank or even Abhishek.
Afterall who doesn't remember the showdown these 3 had few days after ishan disappeared in dressing room

All three surprisingly had a neutral expression,why ? discussion for another day.

Hardik was already stressed at loosing the matches and now he would have to face him , absolutely no.

Hardik didn't want to see that disgusting person's face ever let alone to face him in dressing room or in nets for next 30 days.

That guy in his greed for money jeopardised team's security and personal lives of players, played with privacy of players, tarnished team reputation and if that wasn't enough played with the life of a innocent woman.

He failed both himself and krunal who had taken him under their wing.

They treated him like their own but what did he do at the end?
He fucking ruined everything for sake of quick bucks.

Was he always that,was he always that selfish and did everything just for sake of money.

Hardik was sure he was.

He was an absolute trash to use them to climb the ladder,to make connection, to ruin everything.

Hardik's blood boiled everytime he herd his name or saw his face,which was quite often.

"Ishan kishan" that name ruined the trust hardik had people.

The betrayal made it difficult for him or krunal to trust anyone anymore.
Who knows who's using Whom for what.

Ishan was quite a visitor for 3 years in dressing room claiming innocent and begging people to beleive him.

Hardik had given him earful and cuss full words everytime.

How the hell did this guy have access to dressing room after what he did,
He wondered?
it was thanks courtesy to SHUBMAN he latter learned later

Hardik failed to understand how on earth shubman and pankhuri had such a blind faith on him.

What he did was for everyone to see, the evidence right before their eyes and yet these two chose to beleive ishan over truth.

Hardik remembers the time everyone in team distanced themselves from shubman too for he chose to beleive a liar.
Shubman faced a sort of silent boycott all thanks to ishan and yet that guy didn't budge.

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