YOU AND ME- Shubman Gill & Devdutt Padikkal

CHAPTER 28

Eda POV

Finally the day has come

The finals

India vs Australia

It would be a lie if I say ' I'm not scared '

I may look normal outside but only I know how much I'm controlling myself from not crying and panicking

Shubman tried his best to not let me empty the whole bottle of anxiety pills

We know the almighty strength of Aussies

They behave as if they are possessed once they get into finals or knockout matches

Rohit sir walked into the field for toss and here we go we lost the toss

'its okay it's okay we just lost the toss '

I tried to calm myself

I didn't even panic this much during my 1st match

"Yeh leh" ( take this)

Shubman said offering me a candy

"Seriously shub , a candy"

I said with my depressed voice

As usual he didn't pay much attention to my depressed voice and took the candy from wrapper and kept it in my mouth

"Coffee flavour?"

I asked my voice filled with excitement

Since the moment Virat sir observed my daily intake of caffeine he had strictly gave warning to me to not consume coffee

He even gave instructions to the staff members to not give me any drink with caffeine

" Eat it fast before Bhai gets to know about it "

Shubman said while looking here and there

"I missed coffee"

Australia choose bating

The start of Australian was great they were hitting as if this was an T20 match

The Power play was an desaster

Untill jasprit sir took a wicket

Since then match was mostly in our control

There were few catch drops, wides but still the score was defendable

397-8

Everyone were looking as if they were okay calm and positive but fear of losing in finals was visible in their eyes

Rohit sir and Smriti has an amazing opening until Rohit sir got out at 91

Virat sir cover drives and length shoots saved the day but smirti aslo got out at 72

And Shubman went into the field in 36 overs

212-2

Their partnership was phenomenal but virat sir wicket by Cummins

259-3

It was my turn to go

" Eda don't lose your calm play each and every shot calculativly"

Rohit sir world's were still in my ears

"Play how you feel eda, don't miss the ball if you feel that there is even 1% chance of it hitting the boundary "

Virat sir said as I was walking into the field

Sweat was clearly visible on my face due to tension

1st ball - defence

2nd ball - defence

3rd ball - defence

My eyes were fixed on scoreboard

Finally it was break time

Shubman walked to me and passed the water bottle

" Don't look at the score board eda we trust you if you feel like you can't play it's okay take a run and be at non strike I'll handle "

"But remember "

"If not now then never you have to face this eda you might never get such chance or such moment to live again"

"People call you female version of Virat Kohli he is known for being a Chase Machine for handling the pressure and withstanding the hopes of people "

"But still if you feel that you can't then I'll take care of it "

"I'll always stand with you "

The empire told that the break time is over

I was at strike end and there was only one thing in my mind

"If not now then it's never "

I hit the ball and it was 4

And there was an sudden sound in the stadium the noise made by Indian fans

This is what I needed

And from this there was no looking back

Shubman and my partnership was perfect we both were hitting balls

There were singles doubles 4 and 6

392-3 (49.4)

6 runs 2 balls

I was at strike and Shubman at non strike

I tried hitting it for 6 but it didn't really go that high it was 4

2 runs 1 ball

Shubman was at strike and I was at non strike

He and I were both were tired taking runs will be difficult he have to hit 4 or 6

Shubman hit the ball but it didn't reach the boundary and we both started runs from one side to another as fast as we could

And finally 2 runs

I turned back to look at him he was out of breath so was I

And an smile formed on his face

Suddenly a voice spoke in my brain

I don't know what happen to me my legs just
Run towards him the only thing I could remember was my arms wrapped around his neck and few words left from my mouth which I didn't even realise

" I love you shubman"

His body froze under me for few second untill his grip on my waist tighten and my legs were in air as he lifted me a little

'this is the 1st time I said I love you to him'

With in few seconds the teammates surrounded us as we all had group hug and the stadium was filled noise of crakers and people chanting 'india'

Im finally back after a long Break
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