Tryst with the Time

And it Begins....

The next day Indian team came out of their room(read Rahul's room) to someone's painful cries.

They were met with a Greg with burns on his hands and feet and still he kept on scratching dem as the physio asked him not to

As d seniors looked around dey saw Yuvi waving a wench and a vial from his pocket as Bhajju stuffed it quickly in, lest the physio and managers see it

And suddenly out of nowhere a hot coffee mug broke on Greg's head......making it bleed and his face burn more

And who would doubt d most innocent looking sonu

Greg: RrrrAAaiiIIInnNNAAAA                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
Sonu: M sry....m so sry

Greg: R u mad and who drinks such hot coffee, and he started howling at Sonu

Sonu(looked close to tears): U r doubting me ...... Y would I do it purposefully?

And Greg couldn't shout anymore as he received glares from all sides,

As Greg left with the physio all d others entered Rahul's room

Dada: Yuvi yeh plan kiska tha?

And yuvi as usual thinking dada will scold said Sonu's

Sonu(all horrified): Dada he forced me to b a part of d plan else said will not give the watch u gifted back to me...he stole dat watch Dadaaaa(looking all miserable)

Dada moved towards Sonu and patted him, 'It's ok sonu...it was a superb plan' and he hugged him

As Yuvi howled, 'Noooo it was my plan' and rushed to ug Dada but Sonu showed his tongue and snuggled more into Dada making Yuvi throw his legs in the air like a 5-month old.

And suddenly everyone started eyeing the other, and slowly all started leaving the room

Rahul: O hello!!!! Mera kamra kaun saaf karega, yeh jo pura cupboard kharap Kiya.....bedsheets nahi mil rahe hai.....aur jug bhi tod diya...yeh sofa, chair sab apne jageh se hataa diya.....

But all of dem ignored him and left to freshen up as usual

As dey headed down for brkfast...........one Mr. Kaif had by mistk slipped a jar of mango jam in a bread kept on d table

As Greg started munching.....he started having breathing issues

As dada slipped away d toast from Greg's plate replacing with his....so dat kaifu doesn't get caught the others tried to stiffle their laughter

Rahul: Yaar yeh jyada ho Raha hai....we r playing with his health......

As soon as he said it all of dem paralysed with laughter

Rahul looked dumb-founded

Sach: So u accept jam can coz health issues in people.

Rahul: 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️dats not wat I meant......

Dada: But how did u think about it kaifu?

Kaif: Arre dada usse apne jammy Bhai se itna pyaar hai.....Toh jammy Bhai ke jam se v pyaar hona chahiye........And waise v hamare pass chalta phirta jam ka dukan hai.......Really Rahul Bhai....u carry 5 bottles of jam......I was so confused....and it made me so tired(as if he only had to carry all the players kit-bags on his head)

Rahul(all pale): Wat have u done to my jam bottles, and ran frm d breakfast table to check if dey were safe or not

As Yuvi produced all bottles from under the table

Dada's eyes widened: Yuvi uske jam ke bottles se kuch nahi....usse rehne de....Chor de

And as Yuv made a displeased face,

Dada: On 2nd thoughts.....woh bottles idhar de, making Yuvi grin

And Dada started mixing all jams together.......producing a gallon of chilly powder with black pepper......And mixed dem well

And for some reason Dada doing something like this gave immense pleasure to the kids as they stared in unfound admiration.......

And by evening time Greg's candy bottle got replaced by Ganguly produced candy

Dada knew Greg has a habit of offering candy to BCCI official when they come for meeting and today was such a day

5 mins had not passed and u could hear shouts from Greg's room

However none of dem could get water as d supply was cut by Virendra Sehwag

As d officials came out all red faced....

Dada moved towards them with Oh-I-am-so-concerned face and he hurried to get them water.......Looking at Dada offering the water,

Rahul couldn't help but mutter, 'Gentleman of the year Award isse hi milega lagta hai....', making everyone else grin.

Unfortunately for Greg he happened to pass by a certain Sachin after seeing off d officials.....who by mistake pushed a flower pot on his feet

Next morning in d practice session everyone had d look of 'Aj much toofani karte hai'

And suddenly Dada who was practising, felt his bat being pulled away....

Dada: Baccha...Kya hua hai...chodd...mere bat ko chodd

But the stubborn baccha was in no mood to leave it,

Dada: Zakky...wat has happened?? Wat do u need???, still trying to pull his bat back...

Zak: Dada dedoooo...plzzz...DAADDAAAAAA.....dedoooooo....pleaseeee, and was pulling at Dada's bat with all his might

Dada: Y do u need my bat??? Tereko batting kyun karna hai😣😣😣

Zak: Dada dekhona koi nahi de raha.......aap mereko apna bat doo...plzzzz(and was already pulling his puppy face up)

And Dada melted like a hot rasgulla in the mouth seeing the face,

Dada: Theek hai...lele.....sambhal ke baccha.....(and Zak left to tell Yuvi and Sonu and Mahihow Dada has given him his bat)... Ab main kya karoon??? Mere spare bats Sach ne le liya...yeh wala Zak ne le liya......and Dada continued looking on all sides deciding what he will do.

On the other hand,

Anil had started balling to Zak who has been bitten by the bug of Sudden-want-to-Bat.

And suddenly Zak hit the ball so well that the ball and the bat both hit Greg at full force,

Dada(threw down the bat in his hand): Zakkk...mera Batttt...

Meanwhile everyone else had started snickering at the wonderful plan

And Dada sat down cradling his bats........

And as Zak left to pester someone else to give his their bat since Dada had taken his back(also to escape Greg)

Greg left to put ice-pack on the hurt areas after a last glare at Zak.....

However Greg made d mistake of coming back,

As the poor him had got himself bruised on d knee as Ms did push him by MISTAKE while taking a catch

Anil bowled a very bad ball which went an hit his left eye even wen he was standing at the back of Anil by MISTAKE

And as the practice ended Zak maintained his distance from Dada....but Dada was already hugging him as Zak had again managed to pull a perfect puppy face.

The first leg of the war is over. What else awaits Greg?? What more will the team do??

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