It was MI vs RR in Jaipur, the first match for Mumbai Indians and second for Rajasthan for this season of the IPL their first match with GT ended up being a no result due to rain for them.
Every player was in good spirit practicing their parts with the team and coaches, as the staff was doing their part with the analysis, the stats, the PR, the equipment etc.
"Kriti, when you are done send the file to me and come watch the game na" A senior of told Kriti.
"Yes Sir" she replied
As Kriti finished her work and went to her colleagues to watch the game.
RR won the toss and opted to bowl first.
The first over bowled by Bumrah went as a maiden.
In the 3rd over when the score was 8-1 they lost their first wicket of Jos butler who scored 6 runs in 3 balls.
Then it was a tight innings witha lot of ups and downs for both the sides but they finally scored 186 runs for 6 wickets with Jaiswal being the highest run scorer with 84 runs to his name.
Everything was okay the team still was in good spirits and then the 2nd innings started.
Rohit and Ishan opened.
Rohit ended up scoring 30 in 14 balls with 3 sixes and 1 four.
Mumbai Indians was at 65-1 in the starting of the 6th over.
As Surya Kumar Yadav went for a duck on his 3rd ball.
Dewald Brevis came to bat who then got out after scoring 27 runs in 13 balls
Tilak Varma came down to bat he and Ishan had a lil partnership but then Ishan got out on 54 runs in 34 balls.
By the end of the 13th over MI was at 124 - 4
And right after that Tilak and Tim David got out in the 14th over now the score for MI was 130-6
Now Nehal Wadhera and Riley Meredith were batting, both got out in the 17th over
MI was at 140- 8
Jasprit Bumrah and Piyush Chawala were now batting in the 18th over
At the end Mumbai Indians ended up losing their first match and continued their streak of doing so.
The team wasn't in their best spirits they played well but they couldn't win their first match.
Ishan won the dressing room player of the match they all tried to be in good spirits.
After that Kriti went to meet Ishan in the hotel as she didn't have a chance to do so in the stadium.
"Hey, you okay? After the match?" Kriti asked Ishan with geniune concern
"I am fine"
"You sure?"
"Kriti I am fine I am probably feeling better than everyone else because I got a good score, you should talk to Dewald, his brother isn't here, he's not able to contact his family Tilak and I tried he ain't feeling well, please talk to him I know you can, plus he has a soft spot for you " Ishan told Kriti trying to convince her that he was okay, which he wasn't because it's all about the team.
"Okay I'll go but you are fine right?"
"Yes"
"Okay I'll go talk to him"
"Thank you"
As she went to look for Dewald who was sitting by himself in the hotel's rooftop area alone isolated from the crowd and didn't look his best.
She went and just sat beside him.
"Hi" he said
"Hey" she replied
"So....... what are you doing here" He asked her.
"Well I could ask you the same as, you played well today what's wrong with you?"
"Well? I scored 27 runs"
"In 13 balls, that's not terrible"
"I got out for a stupid shot"
"Eveyone makes mistakes"
"There's a chance I'll not even be in the next match"
"You'll get a chance, I am sure"
"How?"
"Believe"
"I do but when it doesn't happen-"
"It'll happen someday, if not today then tomorrow"
"I didn't play a single match last season, got one chance and screwed it up"
"Dewald, see I don't think you were bad at all and believe me I have been watching cricket my entire life and even played till a level, getting a chance to go out there and play is a very big thing and I know not everyone gets it, but you did your thing you were good, and there is no profit in thinking about it now what happened has already been done and it can't be changed, so enjoy your present, your current environment and see it'll all be okay at the end-" She was telling him but he cut her off
"You are telling this to me? Like I don't care if I should rude but aren't you grieving on your ex-boyfriend's death who broke up with you before dying and who you never even said I love you to?" He said cutting her off in frustration
"Who told you all this?" She asked him with seriousness.
"I heard it okay" he said getting up
"I am sorry for eavesdropping but you are last person I would like to hear a motivational move on speech from" He said leaving
While Kriti was just there contemplating about everything.
Both of them couldn't sleep well that night, all because of what he said.
Try listening to Agar Tum Saath Ho for this I can't find the perfect song yet but this might be good.
