The practice didn't last longer at that unfortunate incident. Hardly 1 hour it went then Shubman stopped the machine and walked towards Ishan.
Ishan on the other hand, felt irritated to get close to the other. He slightly moved away as the other approached him.
"My bat?" Shubman said and reached his hand out.
Without looking, Ishan undid his gloves and hands his gloves and bat to Ishan. The whole batting practice he did with Shubman's kit, not his. He himself was surprised to realise that his kit was practically untouched.
Shubman stood there, in front of Ishan as he took the gloves and closed its straps and held the bat, staring at the other, looking down. Ishan on the other hand, kept looking down, at the green grass beneath his feet.
After holding all the three things, Shubman walked away, without saying another word.
Ishan looked up in disbelief. He sighed.
'Knew it...' Ishan thought.
A few minutes went by, they were all in the dressing room.
Virat bhaiya was giving a few pep talks to them about how to practice more efficiently.
*BUZZZZZ!!!* *BUZZZZZ—*
Rohit bhaiya picked up his phone.
"Hello?"
—"....."
"Oh you're here! That's great! Come to the dressing room!"
With that he cut the call. He looked at Virat and called him.
They exchanged a few words.
"That's great! Ishan is also here." Virat bhaiya said.
Hearing his name, Ishan got alerted. To his surprise, Shubman too looked at him with confusion.
"Where are they now?"
"Just outside this area, they're coming!"
"Great!"
Ishan was more than confused. Many questions were running through his mind.
After a few minutes, a bunch of new other players entered the dressing room.
"Hey! How are you all doing!! How was the tour?!" Rohit bhaiya said as he went for a huge hug.
"Well, it was alright...! Kind of tiring though..." one of them replied.
"I see. Well! Here's Ishan! The ne—"
"New member! Right?" he cut Rohit bhaiya off from the middle and immediately reached his hand out.
Ishan stared at the hand for a whole 5 second time period.
"H-Hi...." Ishan shook the hand softly and awkwardly smiled.
"Hello! I'm Mayank!" he said with a small and slight wink.
"N-Nice to meet you...!"
Mayank again shook Ishan's hand but now a bit tightly, not forcefully though, in a playful manner.
"Oww...!" Ishan immediately winched and dragged his hand back and held his wrist.
Mayank immediately became concerned and rushed to his side. Ishan held his hand to his chest.
"I'm sorry! I did me—" Mayank tried to apologise.
"Hey!" Ishan stopped him, "It's not your fault! My wrist was already hurting, not much though!" he awkwardly smiled.
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The New Boy (Ishman)
RomanceShubman Gill is a cricketer, a huge part of the Indian Cricket Team. To be honest, one of the best players out there in the whole team. He is also the most appreciated player. Although he's very famous for his dimpled wide smile, he's a very seriou...
