Helloo guyssss

As promised I am back with the Update on Saturday Night!

Haha okk I know its past Midnight as in 130 am now according to the Indian standard time and I got little late but Guys I was writing down the update and my fngers were flowing and I only paused when I felt in my heart that it was to Halt the Chapter at that!and like I promised I am posting it the Minute it is Ready!

And it turned to be Super Duper Long Update Again – 22k words guys!!

Insaneeee!

Haha!

Okkk guysss I shall be eagerly awaiting all of yours feedback on this Update too as always as I do every Update!!

Eagerly waiting to know what you all think!!

And I hope you all are Safe and Sound and are Staying In!

Happy weekend Guys!

Put on the Seatbealt and get ready for a RollerCoaster Maha Update!!

Please ignore editing errors as I have not proofread!

And now I shall let you all Dive in without further delay!!

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CHAPTER 39 – THE WORLD CUP...'MAGIC' ...AND...'YOU'

25th November – 10 :50 PM

Khushi's POV

WAIT GUYSSS!

I HAVE A SLIGHT CONFUSION?

IS MY HOODIE GUY'S BAT THE ELDER WAND?

OR IS HE TOO?

HAHA!

OK WAIT THEN.

MAYBE BOTH!!

Like

Oh.

My.

God.

SUCH A GENTLEMAN – MY HOODIE GUY IS..LIKE I THINK HE SHOULD BE GIVEN - THE GENTLEMAN OF THE GENTLEMAN'S GAME AWARD!

You know since they all call Cricket as the Gentleman's Game!

ANY-Which-Ways!

I TOLDDD YOUUUU ALL GUYSSS

I TOLD YOU!!

ITS NOT NEWS TO ME THAT HE IS MAGIC!

JUST PUREEE MAGIC AT EVERYTHING HE DOES!

OKKK.

THERE I STARTED WITH MY RANT AGAIN!

SO

OK THEN!

Before I continue with my rant – I need to tell you all that India has this Chase in Control as in – right now in 13 overs India is 130 – 3 and in the remaining 7 Overs – they need to make 71 runs to Win this Final to be specific to you all in the ball wise equation –they need 71 runs for the win in the next 42 balls.

Like you can say they need on an average of 10 runs per over!

And thank My cricketing Gods that the RUN rate has Been Consistent!

The Aussie fans are Pretty Much Bummed though...like Obviously!

Like they were Super Bummed when that unexpected Rain Shower Came!!

Ohh so on that Note -Do you know what had I done in the Pause – just chatted and laughed and enjoyed with everyone around me and then I Also rewatched the highlights of the First Innings on my Hotstar – just to see My Hoodie Guys those two amazing Catch outs and that Killer Maiden Wicket over! You know to just catch on that Happiness on his Face – Again!

Haha!

INSANER who?

Insaner Me Dammit!

INSANER ME!

HAHA!

So oh yes Asher and Zain were out in the pause time as they went to Chat Up with their professional acquaintances that were in the VIP box!And they returned just in time as the Second Innings Began!

AND Oh Guys!

SHIT YOU KNOW WHAT?

While MY Hoodie Guy was walking up to the Crease with Shiv..its Like he looked up at Our Stand!!!

And for a Second I couldn't breathe because it felt like that why did he look up at just our Stand as In Just Only Ours Apart from him also looking at the VIP box for families and had those adorable exchange of gestures with his family members,right before he stepped on the field!

And they totally zoomed in this shot on the Screen!

It was adorable!

Okkk so of course he walked ahead to the pitch a second later and I was like Stupid GOOFY CRAZYYY it was just a Coincidence ya because there was obviously no other logical explanation to this!

OHHHHH Damm Me!

I started with my rant again and totally evaded the topic of the Game that was going on the field!

Ohk Khushi let's Switch Back to Cricket – Stupid Goofy Crazy Khushi you are here to Witness the World Cup Final!

Keep your thoughts on the Game!!!

Soo wait to my Defense I am sure you all are thinking how is my head even wandering to all these thoughts in the middle of the game well because there is a 5 minute pause because The Aussie Wicket Keeper seemed to have a little injury with a major hard swing from his very own bowler that was aimed as a very Harsh Bouncer towards My Hoodie Guy in Massive Aggression but thank god MY Hoodie guy Dodged Sideways in time and the ball by default hit the Aussie Wicket Keepers Shoulder and he obviously was in a little pain and guysss ohh so that is why I said that MY Hoodie guy should be given that Gentleman of the Gentlemans Game Award – because he was the first one to immediately drop his bat and tend to the Aussie Wicket Keeper as he held onto his shoulder on reflex from the pain of the hard hit and that was such a gesture of amazing sportsmanship and compassion (and also remember his compassion and support towards the Young Singh in the first innings?), and so Cap joined him soon after in the next five seconds by dropping down his bat too as they both stood by the Aussie Wicket Keepers side and this gesture by these two gentleman completely won the Hearts of us all!

Like Everyone!

Even the Aussie Skipper and the rest of the Team in Dug Outs Surely – it was on their face!

And oh the Commentators Too!

And now obviously we need the Wicket Keeper in place before play begins so they are checking on him to see if can continue or they will have to have someone else take there place – which the Aussies wouldn't want ofcourse!!

Okkk so back to The SCORES of the Game!

SO

Yes like I said We are 130- 3 in 13 overs!

So a 201 is Pretty Much Attainable Guys and India has this in control as in Why do I say that India Has this in control Guysssssss???????????????

Guesszzz!

GUESSSSSSSSSSSSS!!

GUESSSSSSSSSSSSS!!

HAHAHA!

LOOK AT MEEE CRAZY GOOFY KHUSHI AGAIN TOTALLY GOING IN WITH THE GUESS GUYSSS BUILD UP!

Ok clueeee – Its Easy peasy!!

Ohh shoot why am I asking you all to Guess when I already gave a little Hint before when I mentioned the scene with the Aussie Wicket Keeper getting hurt!

Well.

Call me crazy in the head okkk guysss all this excitement is making me goo Nuts!

Well not that I already am!

SOO Like OBVIOUSLY I SAY IT IS Attainable because -

– Because of Batsmen on the Creaseee!

Ahhhaaaaa!!

Ahaaaaaaaaaa!!

( I SHALL DO THE BUILD UP ANYWAY...WINK WINK)

And

Anddddddd

ANNNDDDDDDDD

WHO ARE THE BATSMEN ON THE CREASE RIGHT NOW???

WHOOO??

WHO??

JUST WHOOO??

HAHAHHA!

OK Let Me Tell You!

Well ofcourse on One End We have My Hoodie Guy and just abouut five minutes ago now on the other end Cap came in right before as Yuvaan got out and Cap took a single and MY Hoodie guy was back on crease and then Aussie Wicket Keeper got hurt!

Soooooo nowwww it's like We will have the Epic Combination of the Captain and the Vice Captain of the Indian Cricket Team once play begins which should be in a couple of minutes because I think the Wicket Keeper is now ready to play – that's what the commentators are saying as I still have the earphones plugged in my ears anyway!

SO BEFORE THE GaMe Begins!

A Glimpse into the Stuff that Happened Before this point in the Game!

So Uptil around 30 runs before it was like India was at 100- it was for the loss of no wicket in just 9.4 Overs!!

Like Oh My God Guys!

It was like My Hoodie Guy and his opening partner Shiv were like taking turns to Fire and it was like one was firing for a bit and the other was anchoring and then vice versa and I think that totally failed the Aussie's bowling strategy going on until the 9.4 Overs because it was like My Hooodie Guy was targeting the bowlers he could take on with his strengths and then Shiv was taking on the bowlers he could with his Strengths and was it a treat to watch???

Like WE AS IN EVERY FREAKING INDIAN FAN IN THE STADIUM WAS GOING BONKERSSSS!

WE COULDN'T STOP CHANTING INDIA INDIA OR THEIR NAMES!

(AND OH ON THAT NOTE – I THINK I AM SCREAMING AND HOOTING AS MUCH AS VARUN Or PROBABLY EVEN MORE AND I AM SURE BY THE END OF THIS INNINGS – YOURS TRULY GOOFY CRAZY KHUSHI WOULD HAVE TOTALLY LOST HER VOICE AS IN MY VOICEBOX IS GOING TO TOTALLY CRASH AND GIVE UP ON ME AS A REVOLT FOR INDULGING ITNWITH SOME MASSIVE CARNAGED PRESSURE– Hahaha..and everyone around me couldn't believe my enthusiasm or energy and were just giving me amused looks specially Asher as be couldn't stop grinning at seeing me jump up and down like a crazy springboard at My Hoodie Guys excellent shots or his half century celebration..and that point Asher was like to me – Khushi you totally beat Varun and Rahul into the crazy race to the top position in ASR's fandom and that obviously made me grin within like a idiot as I told him that I was totally His Number 1 Fan..haha..and then Asher just grinned at me amused and oh guys Zain and Asher even got us all Some India flags to wave at the Start of the Second Innings and we were totally using it)

Ok so.

And it was amazing guys the energy of the Stadium as in just Imagine that the Chasing team in the World Cup Final- had reached the 100 run mark without the loss of any wicket!

And the best part guys.

It was like by the time they had reached Hundred – My Hoodie Guy and Shiv had the equal run score by then – they were both at 50 by then as in they literally made their half century together like almost just one ball after the others and waited to celebrate with each other together!

And ofcourseeee we all went Beserk in the Stadium as the two of them Celebrated Mid Pitch in the Most Dramatic of Ways – like they obviously raised their Bats to the Crowd Guys but like they Did it Together by putting hands across each other shoulders and then holding their respective bats up to the either side of the crowd and then they hugged each other in celebration and patted each other backs!!

It was like amazing to watch – like almost Surreal!

Just like their amazing opening partnership!

Like Unbeleivable!

And something was really Up with My Hoodie Guy today as in obviously I cannot read his body language with my naked eye from the balcony stands, but everytime his face or his body language or side frames was showing up huge blown up on the screen – I Could sense some sort of a Powerful Determination up in his Frame Today as in he was obviously anchoring the game with Shiv and then he was also Firing with playing some calculated yet aggressive shots so that there was no room for error but you know what made me feel that there was some different powerful energy in him right now in this match – it was the fact that he had this Surreal Smile on his Face and a Look in his eyes that was so Deeply Rock Steady Determined that it was almost intimidating to see that sort of a resolve in his eyes – and the three times he took of his helmet off in the Innings until now once in the drinks break,and then in between some overs as he brushed the sweat off his hair and then readjusted the helmet back and then at the time in spot when the Aussie keeper got hurt and they got a little time to chat up on the Pitch – his these shots from earlier on and this one of him currently also with Cap chatting up in the Middle of the Pitch was totally blown up on the screen and even the commentators were discussing the same thing n between of them at those two points earlier– that it was the Rock steady Determination in ASR's Body language that was Intimidating the Aussie Bowlers and yet the smile on his face and the fact that he literally was giving a thumbs up or patting a bowlers back after an excellent delivery in between of the game – was also confusing them because they didn't know what was he trying to do – for he was totally trying to intimidate them with his shots but at the same time he was also being the perfect gentleman on the pitch as he respected and appreciated the bowlers every now and then – and was totally giving them their due in silent positive gestures as they bowled excellent deliveries.

And to be Honest guys – the Aussies Bowling was really controlled – as in like It was not Loose at all but just like it was before the Pitch was totally in the batsmen favour in the first innings and in this second one too it was totally favouring the batsmen and even more so after the Impact of the Rain.

So like I was just explaining above at 100 runs there was a loss of no wicket but in the next over – Shiv got out in a catch out near the boundary line and his amazing spell ended at 52 and My Hoodie guy was batting at 50 at that point and India was 102 – 1 by 10 overs!

And then Kunal came in to partner and then right until they had been in the 12th Over it was like My Hoodie Guy was anchoring and Kunal fired some beautiful covers like about 4 and then a double then fell to a tricky LBW! And this point in the 12.3 overs India was at 127 – 2(My Hoodie Guy was at 58 now) and then in came in Yuvaan but he was cleaned bowled in an amazing delivery after just making Two Runs and that obviously upset him a lot and as he got back towards the dug out I think the Aussie bowler who had just got the better of him uttered some words to him and that made Yuvaan stop and they got into a little heated spat on the pitch( I mean guys it is the WORLD cup Final..there is going to be so many mood swings on the pitch that will lead to Some Major Cricketing Drama )anyways...and then MY Hoodie Guy stepped in immediately and he tried to ease the situation in between Yuvaan and the bowler and MY Hoodie Guy finally could convince Yuvaan to walk back to the Dug Out after Giving him a side Hug and Cap had walked to the crease by then and he also eased Yuvaan a little!And then Cap took just a single as the first hit and My Hoodie guy was back on crease and that was when the same Aussie bowler who got into a heated spat with Yuvaan swang this super aggressive bouncer straight at My Hoodie Guy which actually ended up hurting his very own Wicket Keeper!

Oops.

The bowler did look a little sheepishly embarrassed as the medics were checking up on his keeper!

Well so all in all...that was all the major cricketing Drama that happened until 13 overs!

And now just 7 more Overs !

Goshh I am so excited!.

Totally feel that India has got this!

I am praying Furiously ofcourse!

Okkkk okkk!

I think the play is about to resume now as the Aussie Wicket Keeper now takes his place and Cap and MY Hoodie Guy do chat up with him a little now by the wickets and I think they are checking with him if he is ok and the keeper is smiling now at them and he starts to take his position and My Hoodie guy and the Cap now take their positions and I grin at everyone as we all exchange excited looks and I gesture to everyone that I will keep listening to the commentary now and Rahul winks at me and I wink back at him as I now pay attention to hearing what is being said and what I can hear!

The commentators voice comes through – " oh and the wicket keeper is back in place, and the play begins and the Indian fans are smiling because they know that this killer combination of the Indian Captain and VICE captain at this point in the game is going to be a treat to watch and probably this is what will take India to the World Cup.."

I smile within.

I prayyyyy within.

Goddddd Pleaseeee.

And the other commentators voice – " yes indeed they can take India to the World Cup today..and winning this Cup will be almost like A dejavu magic for The Indian Skipper right here at the Wanders Stadium for this was where it all began and India won the first t20 world cup under his Captaincy and this was where it all began for him,the period of his golden captaincy and he knows..he knows..he has the Chance to repeat History at the Wanders and its obviously a power push to the Skipper...and I have said this before and I will say it again...look at that rock solid determination in ASR's body language,its been intimidating for the Aussie bowlers from the beginning and then hes been only been no less than a true gentleman on the field as always,so I am the Aussie team is wondering what can they do to get through to break the Vice Captains spell of cricket today..because there is something very different in his approach today..he fires he anchors he fires and then anchors and then hes also playing calculated shots,not one hit has been a luck by chance or a error of the bat..he knows what is he doing,he knows what he is playing for.."

I SMILE WITHIN – GO FOR IT MY HOODIE GUY I AM AO PROUD OF YOU!

The former commentator – " and yes in agree that this combination is an epic one and I think that is what they were chatting up about on the pitch a couple of minutes ago..probably discussing a strategy that they need to keep their wickets in hand now surely for India can win this from here but a loss of either of their wickets will put immense pressure on the new batsmen in because we all know because of experience the indian skipper needs only just a couple of balls to settle in but the next one in line for India would need some more time maybe.."

Ohhh yessss pleaseeee Cap and Hoodie Guy..play through the end pleaseeee!! GODDDD PLEASEEEE!!

And I look around and I chuckle as Uncle has asked us all to be disciplined again and just focus on watching the game silently if we want India to win the World Cup..and Oh we are not allowed to get up from our seats haha..uncle said before the second innings began...let's only get up when celebrating a shot or something like that..no one gets up in anticipation or nervousness,and Rahul and Diya and au ty obviously had a amusing banter with uncle at that – that left Zara,Zain,asher,varun and me in splits by the end of it!

Haha!

Okkkk

So back to the Game.

Now the first ball gets bowled I catch onto my heart with my one hand and I clutch onto the Locket I was wearing underneath – the locket that MY Hoodie Guy had gifted me and I pray furiously for Them..and India.

And ohhh you guys do Remember what the Locket reads right?

It's the one he had gifted me after our visit to Cape Point.

I Just clutch onto it hard and I keep praying and watching and listening to the commentary too through my Earphones...!

GOD Please – it's going to be my Bday in just about a little over 60 minutes for its 1055 right now and...please just let India win this and My Hoodie Guy get the Man of the Tournament...I promise you..I shall never ask you for anything more...Pleaseeee Godddd ...Pleaseeee!!!!

After 25 Minutes

I am now very nervous guys as in I am clutching onto my locket very very hard as in ohh don't worry Cap and My Hoodie Guy are still playing but it's like they're been steady yet a little slow like not very but tad bit little because even though the run rate has been maintained it's still like at this point of the game as in the pressure is building up for now we are at the end of 17 overs and India is at 171..and now only three more overs Left and they need 30 runs to win!

As in I know I know its attainable but still I am very nervous.

Like 18 balls only and 30 runs and the next two bowlers are very tricky.

AND OH MY HOODIE