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We won! We won the match! I looked around the field, seeing the Indian flags been hoisted around. Fans cheering and shouting at the top of their voice, my teammates clapping and jumping around. The galleries were filled with happy faces and I cried tears of happiness.
I have caught two important catches and had scored the finishing runs, I am at cloud nine right now. After the team got down on the field for the post match ceremonies, Smriti came to my side and gave me a hug while saying,"we did it. Jeet gaye. And you! You were so good today. Richa ke wapas aaney se tujhe keeping ka chance nahi mila but I am glad you played such a good anchor role. Sab bohot khush hain tujhse. Agey ke matches mein bhi chance milnewali hain. Good job Kharbanda."
"All because of you guys. Thank you so much for trusting me and giving me the chance,"I said while hugging her back.
When I got my phone back, there were missed calls from Shri, Tiya and RISHABH. Rishabh called me up? Was he watching the match? But he doesn't like watching matches much. Anyways, I made a conference video call to my cousins first and Tiya was the first one to shout,"kya baat hain haan! Fielding, batting, wow. Match jeetney mein help kardi tuney toh. Congratulations!"
"Thank you so much,"I said and then laughed hearing Dityashri's voice as it was choked.
"Tere voice ko kya huya bey?"I asked and she replied,"tere wajah se chilla chilla ke gala faar liya excitement mein."
Both me and Tiya laughed and she said,"but I am so happy. I can't tell you."
"Haan upar se Hardik ki divorce wali news bhi confirmed hogayi hain. Hain na?"I teased her and she narrowed her eyes and said,"bakwaas karna bandh nahi karegi na tu? Kaha tere liye khush ho rahi hoon main aur kaha tu Hardik ko beech mein laa rahi hain."
"Voh Black Mamba toh hain hi beech ka bicchu,"I said and Tiya added,"stop! Both of you. Now listen, I am sure iskey baad Drishti di will be selected permanently aur chances milte rehenge. So I want a treat okay?"
"Haan haan bhukkar tujhse yahi umeed thi. Khaa lena jitna marzi ho,"I said and she frowned and said,"last line nahi boli hoti toh I would have been offended but anyways, as long as you pay my restaurant bill, I am okay."
"Kal agar mandatory teacher's training programme na reheta school pe toh I could have been there. Kitna badhiya nazara hota stadium ka,"Shri said.
"I missed you here too. No worries, Test aur ODI ka debut hoga jab tab dekh lena stadium mein baithkar,"I said.
"Chalo, you go and celebrate with your team aur agey ka matches acche se khelna,"Tiya said and I gave a nod while Dityashri added,"I'll go to watch the finals. Finals tak paunchna hain haan?"
"Paunchenge! Don't worry,"I assured them before disconnecting the call and sighing in relief. I could do something for my team. I could make my debut worthwhile.
