The New Boy (Ishman)

Chapter 20

Tall beautiful buildings made Ishan's eyes lit up. He kept recording everything he saw, he didn't want to miss anything out, not a single thing. The smile on his lips was very wide, it could be identified from miles away.

Shubman too looked outside and occasionally would also record, but most of the time he looked out for that wide smile of the other. He didn't know why.

Everyone else had already visited England twice or thrice or maybe don't know, excepting Ishan obviously.

"Mujhe bhi le apni video maiiinnnn!!!"

Both Ishan and Shubman turned around hearing that weird and whiny sound.

Yes, it was Mayank.

Ishan laughed out loud and turned his camera around and recorded Mayank's weird whining face, who almost immediately changed his expressions.

Shubman widened his eyes and shook his head and turned in front. He sighed deeply after witnessing such a weird scene.

"Shub! Look here!" Mayank almost yelled inside Shubman's ears.

Shubman immediately looked to his side, startled. Ishan was recording him.

Shubman immediately tried to cover his face with his left arm, "Don't...!" he sighed.

Mayank gripped Shubman's hand and put it away, again revealing his face, Ishan took his sweet time to record the whole situation nicely.

Shubman laughed too. Although it was very slight, Ishan captured that too.

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They reached the stadium where the test matches would be played. The opponent team's, that is, England's players were already inside, waiting for them to meet.

Everyone slowly started to get off the bus. Ishan took a deep breath and got off his seat too. Shubman was just in front of him, as if guiding him.

"Keep your luggage and kits inside, it would be taken to the hotel!" Rohit bhaiya announced.

Ishan took small deep breaths and tried to stabilize his trembling heart. No proof was necessary to check if he was nervous or not. His body language spoke a lot.

"Excited muchhhhh???" Mayank asked in a childish manner.

Ishan tried to smile and nodded slightly. Mayank playfully hit his shoulders.

"Me too!"

Ishan rolled his eyes and sighed deeply, "Oh Lord, please stay with me..."

Even outside the huge stadium, there was an enormous crowd, cheering for all of them. Some even were holding the Indian flag. Although most of the people were Indian, some were British too.

As they slowly passed them, different comments could be heard.

Ishan was again overwhelmed by such support. They all wanted his attention. All wanted his autograph. All wanted a picture with him.

He felt important.

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Ishan POV:

We all were now walking inside the stadium, across the huge field. A whole team, wearing whites could be seen standing at a distance.

A single person walked towards us, perhaps the captain...?

"Ahh! That's Jos Butler!" I recognised him.

I saw Rohit bhaiya walking a bit ahead of us, along with Virat bhaiya. He shook hands with that other player and shared a bit of a laugh.
Virat bhaiya too shook hands and laughed a bit.