Ch-3, Virat

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"Attention ladies and gentleman, we are going to land in Sri Lanka in 5 minutes. You all are requested to fasten up your seat belts or afterwards please don't give me that look when you fell down. I hope you enjoyed your journey and you all are welcome to go on another adventure with us. Thank you all for your precious time." Whoa this air hostess sounded different.

Our team was on their way to play 5 One Day Internationals which was from 30th October to 16th November, 2014 in Sri Lanka.

1 year ago

"Hey, Virat look at me. Its fine, you don't have to get upset about this. It was just a game and at the end of the day you just have to realise that one team would have to lose. There will be losses and wins but that doesn't mean that you will lose your sportsman spirit." She consoled me like I was a small baby and I smiled at her as she was there to understand me.

We were on a tour to South Africa from 5 to 30 December 2013, playing three One Day Internationals (ODI) and two test matches against the hosts. Our team was led by Mahi while South Africa was captained by Ab de Villers (for ODIs) and Graeme Smith (for Tests). The tour began with the three-match ODI series, with South Africa winning the series 2-0. I was completely shattered. In the first test I made 119 runs and in the second innings of the second test I made 96 falling four run shorts of getting a century which I thought was good enough for me. But I was overshadowed by the thought that I am not playing for myself, I am playing for the nation and I am playing for all those people who are setting out there, biting their nails and praying to god wishing for our success. I did not blamed my team as I thought that every team member played decently well but still there was something, some gaps were not filled and maybe this was the reason why South Africa won 2-0 without letting us win a single match. I had so many thoughts at that moment, so many things for me to recapitulate in my mind but my mind and my whole body was not there with me. I felt like it was saying take rest Virat, you need some time to think, don't force yourself in what you can't do right now. I called out for Yuvi and told him that I was not feeling well and just needed some open, fresh air. If it was some other day or some other time, Yuvi would have come up to, asked me a million questions like my mom and would have not let me go. But today he knew what was going on with me and understood that I wanted some me time with myself and just said in a calm manner, "If you need anything, I will be here." I nodded.

I was walking down the lanes of the streets and came across a shop which had loud music going on. I wanted silence and my own headphones volume wasn't able to cope up with the loud, bursting noise ringing in my ears. I went up to the owner and said, "Can you jus..." and I stopped. A Bollywood channel was up on the T.V and I saw Anushka attending an event in a city which looked familiar to me. "Do you know her?" I asked the owner. "Oh yes, Anuskhahe, she is a very famous actress and she has come here to attend some event and.." "Okay, thanks." I didn't let him finish as I couldn't hear him say another word wrong and what was that, Anuskhahe?"

Suddenly, I was very excited to meet her and felt like I was on a mission to find her and that is how I ended up in her hotel room and saw the sight for the very first time, a girl consoling me.

I knocked at the door, twice, thrice, four times in a row and there was still no response. I was getting more and more restless that why she was not opening the damn door. And then finally she did, " I have said a numerous times, I didn't called for housekeeping but I don't understand.." She was standing in front of me in just a towel and her hair all wet while she was rubbing them with her towel and a little amount of water was sprinkled on me too. Wow, amazing. This day is never going to end.

"What are you doing here?"

She looked surprised to see me and why not, she should be..

She looked surprised to see me and why not, she should be

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# The look on his face when he entered her room.


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