The world is where your smile is
In which Rinku is done being a doormat, Nitish doesn't like the change, Venky regrets his favouritism and Shreyas is the proudest man on earth...…
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ICT ONE-SHOTS (FRIENDSHIP)
Random friendship one shots on our favourite ICT members…
(Not) Easy people to handle
Nitish Rana had never been a very easy person to handle.…
The door knocking
Shreyas' perception of his new team changes from aliens and strangers to something he might-someday-call home.…
HULRAT ONESHOTS (Virat-Rahul stories)
Every pair in the ICT is cute. Well, almost. KulCha was the cutest, I used to think till recently. But no bond in this whole world is nicer than Hulrat 💕…
~Layers~ The family we choose
Friends are the family you choose. And perhaps since it is about choice, the layers of complexity and efforts in friendships most often go unnoticed.A story that attempts to unfurl the stories of friendships. The story of two boys who have been friends since their under-13 days and dreamt of playing for India together, and stand the risk of drifting apart when only one makes it big.The story of two boys of wildly contrasting personalities who grow dependent on each other as they taste success at every step of their career together.The story of two boys sharing the same hobbies who hit off instantly for what seems a lifetime of friendship till the consequences of a disastrous talk show rips them apart.The story of how their stories intertwine into layers only friendship can form and withstand.…
WANTED: for the greater good
How does the ICT find themselves on the run from the Melbourne police force with a kidnapped boy and a single rucksack?Well, it all started when the captain, already mourning a World Cup final loss, saw a video of his opening partner that pushed him across the border into insanity.…
Wish we were 28... still (A RohiRat Fanfiction)
When in December 2021, the split captaincy rumours become real, the two captains of Indian cricket are both furious, each thinking he alone is the victim.But the two best friends can only wonder when things became so complicated and wish they could have stayed 28 forever.…
The Ultimate Spin Twin Face-off
Shreyas has been grouching nonstop and as solution, Virat has carted the team off to goodness knows where. There's no mug or stove or milk (powder) or coffee powder but it's a cold night and Rohit and Rahul NEED coffee and their eyes find Ash-Jaddu and KulCha.Virat and Shreyas sulk for not being invited to the coffee drama and Jassi and Hardik fight over the height of the finish line of the race while the four spinners tussle in twin-teams to procure a coffee first, and the captain and vice-captain sit back gleefully and watch.…
Can't promise you the world, but... (A Rohit-Shreyas Fanfiction)
The closest of relationships have the up-up-ups and the downest downs. But in the end, the love outweighs them all...A story revolving around Shreyas' recurring injuries and the worst moments of his career finding a vicious vent out in his pillar of strength, his Rohit bhaiya.…
The anchor in my ocean (A Rohit-Rahul story)
On a winter morning in Sydney long ago, Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul started off on the wrong foot.Nine years later, on a similar winter morning in Cape Town, Virat Kohli stands watching with a strategy sheet in his hands as his two favourite people, the captain and vice captain play 'who can swing Vamika higher without dropping her', and reminisces.…
Kaleidoscope
Everyone is beautiful in a way that's their own.A metaphorical take on the entire spectrum of beauty we've found in the Indian cricket team over the years.…
Five times Rahul soaked it all and the One time he broke the wall
KL Rahul effortlessly soaks up the rage of his teammates and friends just by how calm he is.But when the man himself gets into a rage, all his team combined can do nothing but run for cover.…
The Foundation Stays
A building can weather every storm and earthquake and tsunami if the foundation is strong enough.Or, the story of how Rohit's first two kids very nearly come to blows about MI's first captaincy change in 11 years, but helped along by their big brother, discover that their foundation is unshakeable.…
Beyond the Meadows (A HulRat Fanfiction)
"Maybe," said Rahul. "Maybe things aren't meant to be the same forever.""Maybe," said Virat.He didn't believe it, and yet he did. Because the 31-year-old man addressing him was KL Rahul, an Indian cricket hero, a husband and an adult, and not Rahuliya, Virat's little brother and "property"...and he had been KL Rahul for quite a while, even if Virat had shut his eyes to it.You think that one bond with that one person in your life will stay the same forever, and suddenly one day that person seems miles away, slipping out of grasp, maybe never to return again.Has that Rahuliya slipped away from Virat for good?Certainly not if Rohit Sharma has anything to do with it!…
(Not) Just a dream (OR, the ICT steals a groom)
"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.…
Behind the Scenes: World Cup 2023
One shots about the ongoing World Cup, because whether we win or not, it is going to give us memories for a lifetime anyway.…
World Cup 2023: Countdown
Celebrating the greatest moments of Indian cricket as a good omen for the World Cup...…
We are Forever ft. Us
The year was 2006 when two prodigious youngsters met at the U-19 camp, one a lazy Mumbaikar and the other a hyperactive descendant of a Rajput warrior.Seven years later, it's not just the two of them. It's a whole bunch. A group of seven. A gang of seven. A family of seven.The short and simple incidents through which 'us' was formed, bit by bit.…
Rohirat Friendship One-shots
Just what the name suggests…