A very good team

Chapter-3

"Sorry, that I don't believe anyone could really fall in love with me,"

Virat Kohli wanted to disappear. He didn't want to face anyone. He didn't want to talk to anyone. He didn't even want to see anyone right now, especially one Manish Pandey.

Not at all, after the stint, he pulled on Manish.

Virat didn't actually want to hold on and sob on Manish as he did. He wasn't planning on unloading on anyone or anything. But he had been holding in for so long, he couldn't help himself

Finding familiar, non judging eyes of a person. Who had seen who he really was? What he had actually gone through? What all this was for him! Virat couldn't help but hug his bestie and let it all out. He didn't mean it to happen though.

Unloading his burdens, letting someone in, letting someone really read his troubles wasn't at all Virat's style. He always felt those problems were his to deal with, he couldn't burden anyone with them. It wasn't right.

But so much has been going on from the past few days, so much and he felt like an utter failure, a total and utter failure. The dressing room talks were getting leaked, plans were getting leaked, even the smallest thing he said was getting laked somehow and being made a public spectacle. He didn't know what to do?

Well, besides acting as a villain while getting his team's stingy looks. It all seemed like a repeat telecast of 2014 to him. He didn't force Mahi Bhai to retire. He never did. He never asked Mahi bhai to hand over captainship to him. God, he knew he wasn't ready for captainship of all formats.

But did Mahi bhai, no, not Mahi Bhai, MSD-the greatest Captain of Indian team listen to him? No, not at all. Did he care to share anything with him? Nops, again. Did he think it was kinda his duty to inform Virat about life-changing decisions? Decisions like retirement and stepping down from captainship? Nops, Nada again.

Mahi Bhai, never felt it was kinda the right thing to do. He never felt he should have informed Virat before retiring from tests in Australia neither he inform Virat before stepping down from captainship. Virat got to know about being Captain both the time from management.

Was he hurt?

Nops. Not at all.

Why will he be hurt? His big brother has taken such a big decision regarding both of their lives without informing him. He had gifted him a prestigious position. Why should he be angry? There wasn't anything to be angry at all.

Nops. Not at all.

There wasn't any other option besides taking it all in stride. After all, he had things to do now.

When Mahi bhai announced about his decision to the whole team. Virat had clapped and wished MSD a happy retirement. He had accepted the decision the fastest, hadn't protested even once.

After all, did Mahi bhai give him any right, any reason to protests? He hadn't even informed him beforehand. He didn't even tell him anything. So, how what Virat said at that precise moment would have made any difference?
It would have been for nought.
And Mahi bhai already had made up his mind. Who was he to try and change it?

So, he just did the right thing, accepted the decision, it wasn't like his wordings could change anything and it made almost everyone, believe that there was an ego problem between Mahi bhai and him. It made everyone think that he was the reason Mahi bhai step down. Everyone decided he was the one responsible.