Smriti Mandhana has spent her entire cricket career being the perfect teammate. Need someone to attend a sponsor dinner? Smriti will go. Need someone to fill in for an injured player in a domestic match? Smriti will fly overnight. Need someone to help organize teammates' weddings, charity matches, engagement shoots, retirement ceremonies? Smriti has done it 27 times. Twenty-seven weddings, ceremonies, or cricket celebrations where she has stood beside teammates wearing ridiculous themed jerseys, bridesmaid lehengas, or matching outfits. Her closet is full of them. But Smriti has never been the one chosen. She's secretly been in love with her captain, Harmanpreet Kaur, for years. Then everything changes when a sarcastic cricket journalist starts digging into Smriti's strange reputation as "the professional bridesmaid of Indian women's cricket." Plot inspired by the Movie 27 Dresses.

They were both playing the part. Smriti Mandhana was the "Golden Girl" heading toward a perfect wedding with a man who didn't know her heart. Harmanpreet Kaur was the stoic Captain, tied to a relationship that felt more like a habit than a home. They were living parallel lives, both dating the wrong people, while the memory of a "spark" in London haunted the silence between them. But when betrayal and reality finally break their carefully constructed worlds, they are forced to stop running. Behind closed doors and away from the noise of their separate lives, they finally find their way back to the only person who truly understands the weight they carry. It's not about who you're supposed to be with, it's about who you can't live without.

Jersey No. 21 - Radha Yadav has spent her entire life building control - control over her game, control over her discipline. At 26, she's stepping into the role of the Indian Women's Cricket Team's Captain, struggling to fill heavy expectations as the world watches her every move with detailed scrutiny. All her decisions are going to be measured against the legacy of her ex-Captain, Harmanpreet Kaur, who handed over the reigns to her. Across that boundary rope, stands her arch-nemesis. Jersey No. 5 - Jemimah Rodrigues - carrying her September fire, music in her bloodstream & chaotic energy personified. They were prodigies who trained at the same academy but never saw eye-to-eye. Eventually, they drifted apart - playing for opposite teams - different nations, different anthems. Now, time pushes them together - India v/s Australia, the ODI series - under harsh stadium lights and broadcast scrutiny. As Radha navigates the pressures of her maiden Captaincy, will she find her resolve being tested by the guitar-strumming Clutch Queen? Are they really rivals who wish to beat each other or simply be seen by the other? (being posted on archiveofourown.org too - same username)

Three cricket players of Indian women's team. Smriti, Jemimah and Harman. Their bonding started as friendship but turned into something else. The pressure of choosing someone, the pressure of loving both, they were a trio so when one got hurt the others too felt it. In their ribs. This is a story about friendship, Love, Arguments and Reconciliation.

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"We promised we were just surviving the storm - never knowing we were becoming each other's shelter." On the field, Harmanpreet Kaur is fire - fearless, dominant, and unstoppable. Off the field, she hides heartbreak behind loud laughter and captaincy strength. Beside her stands Smriti Mandhana - calm, elegant, and composed, carrying her own shattered past behind a serene smile. Thirteen years of friendship. Two broken hearts. One impulsive night that was never meant to happen. What begins as silent comfort in the shadows of pressure and pain slowly blurs the line between friendship and something far more dangerous. They call it stress relief. They call it safety. They call it "just best friends." But love has a way of speaking even when they refuse to. In a world that watches their every move, can fire and moonlight survive the truth of what they've become to each other?

She fights the world ; she forgives it - but heartbreak reaches them both. Harman , loud and fearless , loses to love the nationalities of teams and loyalty she can't fight . Smriti, gentle and patient, watches her heart shatter when trusts turn into betrayal . Different in every way , hurt in different worlds - yet their broken pieces fall towards each other , fitting closer than before . She's fire , she's calm. Harman storms through life with loud laughs stubborn courage and heart guarded by old wounds. Smriti moves quietly - soft-spoken , steady , patient enough to wait for love she never demands . Their worlds clash at every turn....yet somehow , every collision pulls them closer , like opposites destined to fit . 💌✨

Smriti Mandhana's life is moments away from perfection; a grand wedding, six years of love, and a future she's dreamed of. But just a day before the big day, her world shatters when the one person she trusts the most unknowingly becomes the one who uncovers the truth: Harmanpreet Kaur. Best friends for thirteen years, teammates, roommates, and the most dependable pair on the field. Smriti and Harman's bond has survived every high-pressure match. But nothing prepares them for this. When Harman catches Palaash red-handed on the eve of the wedding, everything spirals. Smriti breaks. Harman stays. Through the tears, silence, and heartbreak, she becomes Smriti's anchor, guiding her through the darkest phase of her life. But healing has its own rhythm. And somewhere between late-night conversations, quiet reassurances, whispered humour, and unexpected closeness... Smriti's heart starts falling again, this time for the woman who held her together. Harman doesn't notice. Harman doesn't even think that way. And Nupur, Harman's manager and childhood best friend, has feelings for Harman she's never voiced. Friendships blur. Lines shake. Emotions collide. What started with a broken engagement slowly turns into something neither of them saw coming. *Unplanned Partnership* is a story of heartbreak, healing, complicated emotions, tangled friendships, and a love that wasn't planned, but feels inevitable.

The gray skies and iconic grounds of England it is. The India Women's Tour of England 2025 was a high-stakes series across Nottingham, London, and Birmingham, providing the perfect backdrop for a slow-burn romance. This is a journey through a long away tour in England, where the rain and the pressure of the series force two of India's biggest stars to finally look at what's been hiding in plain sight.

The second part of the series 'What if it works!?' , Harmanpreet and Smriti , the individuals with two distinct ideologies and personalities ; though their passion for cricket , sports and partiotism for the nation is unmatched. But their this contrasting nature as of Smriti's calm with Harman's rage. Smriti's sweet - bubbly nature with Harman's hot-strong headed and self-respectful personality . Smriti's soft chuckles with Harman's loud laugh . Smriti's logics along Harmans practicality . Smriti's understanding to Harman's thunder . Their incompatibility find a way to their solace and become a sort of cherished love and 'Home' for one-another . Their journey is a fairytale with dusty magical cricket dust and the fire of passion . Seek in!