Snippets

Public Proposals

For: KANNUGOYAL

Not really sure if I got it right but I have placed it in 2008ish, sometime after Sourav's retirement, since I don't really know when and where this happened. 

Feels kindda incomplete to me but since my mind never works like I want it to, it's better to post this and get it done. Will come back if I feel I can do something more for it

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It was not unusual for their female fans to propose to them. Yuvraj and Zaheer had been proposed to multiple times as had Viru pa and Bhajji. Even Dada and Rahul bhai, married as they were, had been proposed to a couple of times. Mahi, too, had got a couple of fan mail with fans declaring their love for him.

So, no, Mahi did not think he would be saved from the public (and team) embarrassment that came with a public proposal.

He just did not expect it to happen in the middle of a match.

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With just about 10 overs left in the game and Rahul and Sachin looking like unbreakable walls, Mahi was confident that he would not be batting today. Which was fine by him, partially because the greater the margin by which they won, the better. And also because batting in the afternoon in Jaipur in June was a nightmare. Rather Paaji and Bhai than him.

Mahi had been looking at the ground below when he heard laughter coming from his right side. He turned his head to see Sonu and Bhajji whispering.

"What happened?" He asked.

Sonu's laughter doubled on seeing Mahi's confused face.

"What happened?" Bhajji repeated, grin widening. "Well, you have an admirer. A rather big one too.."

"Meaning?"

"Look at the screen, idiot."

Mahi turned his head around to look at the big screen and his confusion faded away as soon as he saw what it was showing.

A girl, perhaps in her early 20s, was holding up a paper which read 'I love you, Mahi!'

Mahi's face burned and he was aware that his ears had probably turned red. The screen switched to him then and he hid his face in his hands, willing the screen to go away.

Gods, it was really sweet of her but what was he supposed to do? He could not keep down his smile, though it had a hint of embarrassment in it.

"Oh-ho, look at how he is blushing." Bhajji teased him.

"Mahi bhai, should I ask the management to arrange for you to meet her afterwards?" Sonu asked, grinning impishly.

"Yaar tum dono!" Mahi said, removing his hands from his face, still smiling. "Focus on the game. You are up next, Sonu."

" I will focus on my game, alright." Sonu said, wagging his eyebrows. "But are you going to focus on yours? Especially the one sitting in the stands?"

"Bas karo." Gauti said from Mahi's other side. Mahi gave him a grateful look which was replaced with a betrayed look as he said,"Once Yuvi and Dada get to know of this, we can compare him to a tomato."

" Someone bring the TV." Viru pa shouted. " I'll bet my bike that the commentators are discussing this on some channel."

Bhajji cleared his voice before attempting to speak, in a very Ravi- Shastri like voice, " Well, well, well... The stage is set, the innings is underway. But what I want to know is what's the pitch report looking like? Are we seeing a declaration soon, or is there still some serious batting to be done before MS Dhoni walks down the aisle?"

Even Mahi could not help but laugh at that.