"It's no ethics if you can't be unethical when needed." ~ Sir Jadeja ~~~ Boys ~~~ When Shubman and Ishan approach a *marriageable age* and their parents start the uncomfortable conversations, Ishan takes a stand. Shubman doesn't. Now they're mad at each other and Shubman tries dating a woman. And inevitably breaks up with her. Abhishek is stuck listening to Shubman and Ishan's mad rants and heartbroken rants anyway. ~~~ Girls ~~~ Ishan's therapist Kesha refers Shubman to her colleague/friend Simi. Alisha rants to her cousin Riya (who also happens to be Simi's best friend) about how the arrogant famous guy ghosted her. Riya spies, connects the dots and wheedles Simi out of her ethics and they go hunting for the common link between Shubman and Ishan to ask a very important question: Has Abhishek heard of lavender marriages? Or does he need a higher altitude to know about them? And who better for lavenderly marrying a spineless donkey than an ace and Shubish advocate?

"Why steal brooms when you can steal a groom?" ~Sir Jadeja ~~~2023~~~ The ICT is tired of Shubman and Ishan's blindness and absolute inability to see what EVERYONE ELSE can: they're not *just best friends* who spend every moment of the day together, pine if they don't meet for three days and smile at each other all the damn time, they're *soulmates*, or rather, *visually impaired soulmates*. ~~~2027~~~ Suddenly Ishan wakes up four years later to a Bhojpuri song and Rishabh tells him that it's Shubman's wedding. Ishan doesn't remember when that happened. But yes. The ring, the fancy clothes, the family drama...everything's here. Shubman's getting married... and Ishan doesn't like it. But his team's right here to jump in to his rescue, steal a groom, and do everything...only the ICT can do.

Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan really shouldn't have gotten so drunk and hooked up the night they win the T20 World Cup final because the consequences are disastrous...not least the fact that they can't stop double guessing their own feelings for each other.

5 Almost I love you's + 1 Actual I love you. Five times Ishan and Shubman tell each other an I love you without telling each other an I love you. (With sentences beginning with an I and ending with a you.) And the one time they tell each other an I love you.

Shubman looks at Ishan like he is the sun. Ishan would spend his life trying to douse out the light Shubman sees, if only he could identify it. Or, five times Shubman couldn't say it, five times Ishan heard it anyway and the one time they chose silence.

A year after radio silence, Shubman shows up at Ishan's door-unannounced, unexpected, and just when Ishan is finally starting to take hold of his already spiralled life. As the two former best friends (are they?) and cricketers navigate old wounds and tentative steps toward healing, they find that maybe, just maybe, what they needed all along was each other. OR Ishman's journey to healing and love.💌

"how to deal with an accidental drunk kiss with your best friend?" "talk it out like mature adults and move on." "instructions unclear. i kissed him again." [shubman gill x ishan kishan - indian cricket team rpf]

They've been best friends for over ten years-Indian cricketers who grew up together, played together, and trusted each other with everything. To the world, Shubman and Ishan are the definition of perfect friendship: easy, loyal, unbreakable. They're comfortable in ways only long history allows-shared spaces, quiet understanding, and a bond no one questions. Until one night changes it all. Drunk and unable to hide it any longer, Shubman kisses Ishan-and in that single moment, friendship turns into something far more dangerous, and far more real. Dive in to know how their relationship changes

"Because I see you now." 101 sappy ways in which Shubman and Ishan could have finally put on glasses and SEEN each other properly, like they should.

No matter how much of a good cricketer you are, when your feelings are on the line, you forget how to play. 'Life is a challenge, one I strive to overcome'- Shubman Gill 'Life is an adventure, explore it when you can' - Ishan Kishan Will they be able to find each other during the darkest times? Or will one give into the hands of despair?