𐙚Ishman Melodies

His Greatest Win

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Deleted it all, stopped reading, stopped writing.. anything to avoid getting attached but khair... 🙂😔

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It's a long read, but it's worth reading till the end
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The stadium lights were still shining

The crowd was still screaming

The cameras were still following every movement

Yet for Shubman Gill, everything felt painfully quiet

GT had lost

He stood there during the presentation, answering questions he barely heard. Smiling when he was supposed to smile

Nodding when he was supposed to nod

Inside, he felt hollow

A captain,

A batter

A leadere

Tonight, none of those titles felt enough

All he could think about were the moments he could have done better

One more boundary
One better decision

Just.... One different field placement

Maybe then things would have been different

Maybe..

And maybe was the cruelest word in cricket

By the time he finally climbed onto the team bus, exhaustion had settled into every bone of his body

Nobody was talking much

The atmosphere was heavy

Shubman sat beside the window and stared outside.

His phone buzzed several times.

Lots of Messages, Calls, Notifications

He ignored them all

Because none of them were from the person he wanted.

Ishan

For some reason he hadn't called him

Hadn't texted him.

Hadn't even opened their chat

He didn't know why

Maybe because losing made him feel vulnerable

Maybe because he didn't know what to say

Maybe because hearing Ishu's voice would make him realize how badly he wanted to be held right now

The bus  stopped outside the hotel.

Shubman grabbed his bag and stepped down

His shoulders felt heavy

His chest felt heavier

Then he saw him

Standing near the entrance

Hands tucked into his hoodie pockets

Messy hair

Soft smile