The captain's vice captain

Chapter 9

With days passing by Virat was becoming stable with his one sided love and the champions trophy too was approaching. People were exited to witness the new era of captaincy and were ready to welcome the new generation with hope and love.

The ICT will board the plane at night to England for their Champions trophy. All the players were fully prepared for the endeavour except for the captain and the vice captain. The vice captain was suffering from his newly discovered one sided love towards his friend and the captain was half hearted as his vice captain was half hearted. Even if no one noticed, Rahul Dravid was aware of the mismatch going in between Rohit and Virat.

The chirping birds and the clear blue sky never justified love in the eyes of the vice captain, for him a clear sky was always symbolic to his career. Alike every man his passion meant a lot to him, it was like the love of his life but today the young man's eyes are romantizing the view infront of him. Eyes full of love and yet of emptiness, such an oxymoron can only be seen in the life of an unrequited love.

Train of thoughts came to a  halt with a loud knock. Virat opened the door to see a familiar yet unexpected face, he welcomed his coach Rahul Dravid, the Wall and asked him,“anything up sir?”

Not much I was just passing by ... so all packed - Dravid

Yeah, everything's packed and just some this and that are left I'll take it- Virat

Can I take a bit of your time - Dravid

Yeah... sure have a seat - Virat

Virat I might not know you for a very long period but how much i have known you and from my own experience I can atleast say this much that something is going on - Dravid

Nothing is going on sir it's just that I am a little down in form but I assure you I won't let anyone down - Virat said in a promising tone

Look I am your coach I can only cheer you from off field but in field my trust won't be of any help to you - Dravid

Why is trust coming in between my performance sir... does any of the team members not trust me or the board or ... is it Rohit who doesn't trust me- Virat said in a shaky tone

Rohit is the captain he is bound to keep trust in his team, if his trust factor comes in question then I am sorry to say but he will fail as a captain and about your team mates...they rely on you and the board can never think of making a team without you so trust is never an issue - Dravid

Then what is the matter which brought morality in question - Virat

It's about assurance and faith which comes from both side... let me tell you a small incident during  Sourav's captaincy we were playing at Melbourne and the situation was totally out of our favour Sourav did an amazing job despite the ruined opening, we were in the verge of loosing terribly my form was down since the previous matches but yet, he as a captain and as a dear friend kept his faith in me but at one point his faith stumbled and the pressure was beyond the measure for him to handle alone I assured him instead of all my problems that you can always trust me and stood by his side like a Wall (laughs) - Dravid

Virat stood in silence as his mind was evaluating his own behaviour and his conscience made him realise he was actually in the wrong side somewhere in search of love he was loosing his friend and he realised how much Rohit mattered to him, if not as a lover then as a friend he shall keep Rohit near him.

I understand what you're talking about, it's about the lack of communication going in between us or the miscommunication- Virat

I know you can cope up with any problem in any given situation,... you're a brave man Virat( tapping his shoulder) see you soon- Dravid said as he left Virat's room.

Virat smiled simply as he remembered Rohit's chubby face.