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When a celebrated cricketer and an unknown physiotherapist are dragged into an unexpected controversy, the country decides their truth for them-loudly, viciously, and without mercy.
As headlines scream and silence is misread, reputations begin to fracture under the weight of collective judgement.
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34 parts- 40 parts
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