One Shots on ICT bonds with Virat

sab thik hoga [virat - siraj]

"bhaiya sab thik hoga na?", virat could hear it, looking at the screen when siraj dropped brook's catch. 

siraj looking around for once, only to ask this question to virat whenever he would do some mistake in the match. there was his virat bhaiya, "miyan hota rehta hai, sab thik hoga tu chinta mat kar, mai hu yahaan"

today no one was there near him, he was there standing in disbelief. it was a new team, shubman used to hold siraj's hand whenever he used to get hurt but there was still absence of hand on his head to pat and ruffle his hair, on his shoulder for support. 

sometimes he wished that he didnt.. 

.. no, he can't go there, he promised himself. 

"come on miyan focus", virat murmured when siraj started bowling. 

"virat bhai sirf 35 runs reh gaye hai", siraj said on the call before he could go to sleep. he could not before calling virat. 

virat smiled, "miyan sirf 4 wickets lene hai", he said. 

siraj grinned through his nervousness at the change of the sentence, at the way how he should approach. 

"take rest and then take wickets tomorrow, remember, i always believe in you and its high time you do it too, believe in yourself miyan! everything will be just fine", virat assured and siraj slept. 

he had woke up 2 hours early only to remember, "believe in yourself miyan", he searched something relevant and he got it in form of ronaldo's wallpaper with "believe" written on it. 

siraj kept staring it, to get that motivation with virat's words echoing in his head. 

"come on i can do it", siraj murmured when attinkson was on strike. 

and he did it, the stump rattled, and he jumped higher. 

..siraj had done it. 

they, siraj and praisdh had defended, bowled england out, levelled the series. 

" i always believe in myself, i believe i can win match from any situation", siraj told dk knowing it very well that his bhaiya was listening and was so proud. 

he celebrated and was so grateful when he received the potm, one thing he missed was virat bhaiya's hugs. 

but before he could spiral on that thought, his phone pinged and he noticed one tweet among thousands of them, virat's, who rarely used twitter other than posting ads. 

there it was, that one line just for him, 

"Special mention to Siraj who will put everything on the line for the team. Extremely happy for him ❤️"

he couldn't stop smiling amidst tears, his bhaiya, his superhero tweeting for him. 

"I miss you bhaiya", he whispered to only recieve a text. 

"come soon, i will have special biryani made for you even though i don't eat it. daawat mangvaunga tumhare liye miyan" 

siraj laughed at that. 

siraj replied, "bhaiya aap bhi na" 😂

he immediately reposted virat's tweet, 

Thank you bhaiya for "Believe"ing in me ❤️

"rona mat ab, bahot hua rona! ab celebrate kar na", virat texted seeing his repost. 

siraj grinned with tears slipping down his face, happy ones indeed. knowing virat was always gonna be there with him. 

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siraj's brother's words: 

Mohammed Siraj's Brother via Amit Kumar on TOI:"Siraj takes a lot of Inspiration from Virat, he is more than his elder brother - the agression and hunger, he has taken from Virat. In 2018, Siraj had a terrible IPL season, a lot of questions were raised but Virat bhaiya stood by him & supported him, he knew the qualities of Siraj and backed in both RCB & Indian team - so all credit goes to Virat Bhaiya, there have been times when Siraj has confessed and owes his career to Virat bhai and that's absolutely true. He was fond of Biriyani and now he eats it rarely, after getting some Pep tak from Virat Bhaiya".

this and siraj's spell was my inspiration to write this impromptu simple and small snippet, hope its not lame or bad. 

people called him a workhorse, meant it in a derogatory way when he didn't do well. from "i only believe in jassi bhai" to "i believe i can win match from any situation," siraj, u've come a long way! played 5 tests, bowled most overs, fought like a warrior! match winning spell.

happy reading 🫶