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27 September 2023,
Mumbai.

All left to their respective homes. Shubman found himself on his bed and started scrolling his Instagram.
He noticed Shalini's post as it is trending now.

"Oh wow! She posted our pic! Nice!" Shubman said to himself.

He noticed Abhishek's comment and felt irritated.

"Huhh! This Abhishek!" He irritated.

He stopped for a while. He checked Siraj's, Shreyas's and Abhishek's insta account. They are following Shalini and she is too following them back.

"She is following them! Then why didn't she followed me?" Shubman kept thinking and soon dozed off.

At morning;
All the players arrived at the ground for practice except Ishan.

"Yaar Why didn't Ishan came till now?" Shubman asked.

"How will we know? You should know about your boyfriend!" Surya said.

"Arey he came!" Virat said.

"Why are you late Ishan?" Rohit asked

"Oh.. Bhai.. that Shalini kept my cricket kit somewhere! I just found it!" Ishan sighed.

All laughed.

"She's just like you!" Shubman said.

"Shutup!" Ishan said.

They started practicing. Shubman came near the table to drink water. He found Ishan's phone ringing. He saw the contact name "DOLLY"

He lifted it. Before he could speak, Shalini started talking without gap.

"Arey Bhai! What are you doing? If you're free at night, we'll go shopping! And.. what about Bhaiyas? Are they good? Don't bother them! How is your practice going? And that Shubman! Don't be close with him! He is a stupid! Although he is cute.. but don't talk to him!" Shalini said.

A smile appeared on his lips by listening "CUTE" from her.

"Cute?" Shubman smirked.

She realized it's shubman. She hurriedly ended the call.

"Hello?" Shubman said. He noticed that she has ended call already. He smiled. He kept phone on the table and left to practice.

While practicing, Shubman is smiling Continuously by remembering the word "CUTE". Her voice is dancing in his ear. He can't able to concentrate on his game.

"Shreyas! Why is he smiling like a mad person?" Siraj asked.

"Don't know Bhai!" Shreyas said.

"I think we should join him in mental hospital maybe!" Ishan said.

Shreyas and Siraj nodded.

"Arey kaka! Focus on your game!" Virat said.

"Oh.. ok.. Bhai" Shubman said.

After practice, all left to their respective homes. All the players except shubman and Ishan received a message from Shreyas.

"Guys! I have an important thing to tell you! Just come to my home!"

After sometime, All the players arrived at Shreyas's home.

"Why did you call us?" Virat asked.

"Do you know I left my vadapav in home what if Sammy eats it?" Rohit said.

"Ro! You again ate Vadapav? I said not to eat right?" Virat said.

"Guys! This is not about Vadapav! This is a serious matter and it is about Shubman!" Siraj said.

"About shubman?" Kuldeep asked.

"What happened to him?" Ashwin asked.

"Did shubman got hitted by truck or he accidentally fell into a river?" Jadeja asked in fear.

"Shutup drama king!" KL Rahul said.

"Then what happened?" Shami asked.

"Don't keep suspense yaar!" Hardik said.

"If you all make your mouths shut, then I'll start!" Shreyas said.

All remained silent.

"Hmm.. ok.. From the past two days, I and Siraj noticing Shubman. He is behaving differently! Means... Sometimes he gets lost in his own thoughts and sometimes he smiles in himself!" Shreyas said.

"Oh yes! I too noticed that!" Virat said

"Yes you're right Shreyas!" Rohit said.

"Why? What is the reason?" Surya asked.

"It's because of Shalini!" Shreyas said

"What?" All shouted.

"Yes! When Abhishek and Shalini were talking, he kept looking at them! And he called Abhishek to stand beside him because Abhishek is standing beside Shalini" Siraj said.

"Are you guys telling that Shubman is in love with Shalini?" Virat asked.

"Oh Bhai.. we don't know but we can strongly say that Shubman is attracted to her!" Shreyas said.

"What should we do now?" Rohit said

"Let's make them a couple!" Siraj said

"Yes! They will look cute together!" Kuldeep said.

"Guys! Shubman is not interested in any girl! I think she is right for him!" KL Rahul said.

"We'll do this!" Shami said.

"Oh oh guys! Calm down! How can you take a decision like this! She is not just an actress but also our teammate's sister! Remember that!" Virat said.

"Yaar Virat! Shubman is perfect gentleman! How can anyone reject him?" Rohit said.

"Yes Kishan's family will definitely agree!" Shardul said.

"Ok then Mission SHALMAN!" Jadeja said.

"SHALMAN?" All confused.

"Arey idiots! Shalini + Shubman = SHALMAN!" Jadeja laughed.

"Oh ok! What is the plan?" Hardik asked.

"Umm.. we will think!" Siraj said.

"Guys! I have an idea! I will set up a dinner and I'll invite you all including Shalini too! So that they can meet each other there right?" Virat said.

"Great idea!" All said.

All nodded and left to their respective homes.

Continued in part 6!