Chapter 35

               Part - 33

Maan: Geet, kahan ho tum log?

Geet: hum aagaye hai

Maan: par mein dekh nahi saktha

Geet: hum yahi hai gate pe

Maan: toh mein aarthi lekhe aaoon aapko swagad karne?

Geet: what?

Maan: wahan kya kar rahe ho? andar aajao

Geet: hum Armaan aur Ridhi ko lekhe aathe hai

Maan: Geet, woh toh apne 2nd innings complete karkke lunch time ke badh hi aayegne

Geet: kya?

Maan: tum yahan bhi apne questionare shuru mat karna, jaldhi aana

Sid snatches the mobile...

Sid: Maan, chak de patte

Maan: haan, aaj toh tum dekho, India ka damakha

Sid: mujhe na Dhoni se milao

Maan: hare, pehle tum log andar toh aao, Dhoni toh toss ke liye nikhal chukka hai

Sid: chalo chalo chalo

Geet: lekhin Pari?

Sid: toss shuru ho gaya, uss ko aane dho, hum chalthe hai

Vicky: kya? hum toss jeet gaye haina? Hum bating hi kar rahe haina? Aaj team mein kitna spinners hai?

Geet: tum toh commentator banjao, hummara dimag karab mat karo

Sid: come on guys, hum pavilion ke paas betkke match dekhenge, sare players ko wish bhi kar sakthe

Vicky: mein kehtha hoon ki aaj toh hummare team mein ek century pacca hai

Sid: haan haan, century toh bantha hai, haina Geet?

Geet: chadho, tum log batein karo, mein chalthi hoon

Sid: itna bhi kay jaldhi ho m'am? Aapke Maan babu kahin nahi bhaagenge

Geet: tum logon ke saath aane se achcha mein ghar beitkke chain se match dekhthi

Sid: tum match dekhne aayi ho?

Geet: haan

Sid: joot mat bolo, tum toh Maan ko dekhne aayi ho, jaise yahan ke sare ladhkiyan aayi hai, Vicky aaj toh ladhkiyon ka ambh line kada hai, aajkal ladhkiyan bhi cricket dekhne kagi hai kya?

Vicky: nahi circketers ko dekhne aathe hai, ab serials ke saath saath IPL bhi dkehthe haina

Geet: kyun hum cricket nahi dekh sakthe?

Sid: tumme kya patha ki hook kya hotha hai aur pull kya hotha, tum log toh apne stars ko dekhne aathe ho, issiliye toh aajkal fairness cream ad bhi cricketers karthe hai, suna hai aajkal selection bhi good looks se hi hothe hai

Geet: tum log tennis kyun dekhthe ho?

Sid: hum manthe haina, hum toh tennis sirf chicks ke liye dekhthe hai

Geet: besharam, ek ladhki ke samne aaise batein karthe ho?

Vicky: tum log apna debate katam karke aao, ,mein jaa raha hoon

Geet: mein bhi aathi hoon

Sid: Geet, rukho

They get in and occupye the seats reserved for them...

Vicky is so happy...

He keeps looking at the players often...

Geet avoids looking Maan...

It's so embarrassing...

But the other girls are interested in Maan alone...

Team ka naya handsome hunk...

Virat bhi ab settle honewala hai...

Most wanted toh ab Maan haina? Still single, always ready to mingle...

Geet looks at the crowd...sach mein aaj kuch zyada hi girls nazar aathe hai...

They get in...

Maan waves at them...

Dhoni wins the toss and elects to bat...

Vicky ka dua qubool ho gaya...

As the openners enter the is a huge round of applause...

Vicky whistles...

Geet frowns...Handaji is a strict disciplinarian...

Whistling is unethical...

Vicky: kya dekthi ho? stadium mein sab kuch chaltha haisidhaanhaan

Sid joins him...

Armaan comes with the drums...

Ridhi has brought some ear plugs...

Geet thanks her for that...

Pari is busy ith her touch ups...

She is going to come on national TV, nahi nahi, International TV...

Sid: ye sab toh tum ghar beitke aaram se kar sakthi thi

Pari: tum apna match dekho, mujhe kyun dekhthe ho?

Sid: haan haan, tum camera ko dhoondhthe raho

Geet: guys chup

Geet wants a wicket now...

She wants to see Maan batting...

After a couple of quiet overs the first wicket falls...

India are 7/1

Vicky is disappointed...

Next batsman comes...

And he too struggles...

Wickets tumble quickly...

India are 15/ 3...at the end of 5 overs...

Captain cool comes to bat, he tries to steady the innings...

The fourth wicket partnership slowly builds and India are 37 at the end of 10 overs...

And the other batsman is out leaving Dhoni angry chasing a widw ball and edging to the slip...

Maan joins the captain and Dhoni advises that they keep their wickets till the 40th over and start hitting later...

Everyone is cheering the captain and they have full faith in him...

They know that he is capable of rescuing the team fron the disaster...

They add a few more runs and runs dry up...

India are 77 when Dhoni falls to a fine delivery in the 20th over...

That's was the last hope for the fans...

They are very disappointed...

They know that that's the end of this game...

We can't even last till the 50th over...

There is complete silence at the ground when Dhoni leaves...

No one is hopefull that this new man can change the innings...

Geet is very upset...

Pehle bar Get Maan ko support karne aayi aur everything looks unfortunate...

Geet feels bad that her presence has brought Maan bad luck...

He is in such a desparate situation that everything rests on his shoulders now...

With a bowler at the other end Maan is the last recognized batsman out there...

It's a do or die situation...

Either he goes for the runs or he returns to the pavilion...

There is no other choice but to hit the ball as he does usually...

But he had to be patient and wait for the right ball giving due respect to the good ones...

Patience...ahh that's the new thing that he has leartnt from his love...

Geet has always tested his patience and Maan has now learnt the art of keeping his cool in awfull times...

Captain has advised him to saty at the wicket till the end...

Geet is praying to her babaji...

As Maan looked at the crowd at the drinks break, he saw Geet's worried face and he decidee to bring back her smile...

He is determined to do it today...

Hare! Geet ko Maan kaise disappoint kar saktha?

Maan takes the defensive mode...

He keeps looking for singles and waits for the odd short ball to pull or hook for a boundary...

He controls his aggression and frustrates the bowlers by keeping the ball low and not giving any chance for them...

He also instills the confidence in his partner too and asks him to just enjoy the game without worrying about the game...he is there to help him...

The score board starts tickling and Indaia are 150/7 at the end of 45 overs and Maan is still batting at 48...

The crowd is back to their feet and are wooing Maan to get his half century...

Maan knows that it's time for the fire crackers...

Enough of the defence and it's time to attack...

He takes charge and hits a boundary to reach his 50 in style...

Maan Singh Khurana back into action...it's party time...

Geet keeps praying and is still tensed...

She is now happy that atleast Maan saved them from humiliation...

Winning doesn't matter as far as you stand uo and give a tough fight without accepting defeat easily...

That's what Maan has done, she is proud of him now...

And now the fans want a bigger total...what to do? Ye dil mange more na?

And we need to win this game , mind you...

So now they back Maan and atart chanting his name...

The whole stadium is on the feet and the noise starts to increase...

"Maan" "Maan" "Maan"...

And the girls are very excited to see the new angry young man in the team...

Maan starts hitting the ball well and add a quicfire 40 to his score...

India make 223 and Maan makes 94*...

He missed out a century at the last over trying to increase the score and perishing in the end...

But there is a standing ovation while he returns to the pavilion...

His teammates congradulate him...

He looks at Geet...she is jumping in joy...

Vicky , Armaan, Sid are dancing...

Maan is happy...now they have to defend this total which they easily do as the wicket is very difficult to bat and helps the spinners a lot...

India wins the match and Maan is the man of the match...

After the celebrations with his teammates Maan rushes to see Geet and party...

The crowd starts leaving...

Geet awaits Maan's arrival to congradulate him...

She is very very happy today...this was such a thrilling match and in the end we have won...

And also Maan is the man of the match...

Geet is on cloud nine...she can't stop smiling...

So are the other girls...they go gaga over Maan and they wait for his autograph...

Maan stops near the boundary to sign a few autographs...

And all of a sudden something happens...

Geet is just lonig this and is staring her Maan only...

She can't believe her eyes...

what? Ye kaise ho gaya?

cameras flash and Maan has caught the attention of the media...

Geet closes her eyes for she can't watch that any longer...