AUTHOR'S POV -

Rohit was murmuring something furiously while packing his kitbag in his room for the RCB versus MI match when Ritika came back in after playing with Samaira.

"Whats wrong with you?" she asked him when he saw him angrily muttering.

"Nothing" Rohit said and picked Samaira up to play with her but Samaira wanted to be on her feet and walk so she kicked her legs in the air.

"Go walk, dont miss dada when he goes for the match." Rohit said annoyed and kept her back on the floor and Samaira who obviously didnt understand what Rohit exactly said she assumed he allowed her to do what she wanted and she started running around again.

"See everyone is happy without me." Rohit muttered angrily and went back to packing.

"Umm Ro, all okay?" Ritika asked keeping her hand on Rohit's shoulder sensing that Rohit is in a bad mood.

"Ya I am good, everyone is good without me, even you be good." Rohit said and Ritika face palmed partly guessing the matter.

"Just call Virat if you want to talk to him and miss him, you will keep your mood annoyed, you will annoy others also or else." Ritika said murmuring the last part.

"No no let him stay with his AB and I dont miss that useless idiot." Rohit said haughtily.

"Exactly why you two used to video call each other like twice or thrice during lockdown." Ritika murmured.

"You know we havent even talked to each other properly since we came to UAE or no no since AB came to UAE." Rohit said and Ritika knew she was right, completely right.

"Werent you busy pampering your kiddos Jassi, Harry and all? And what about after Pollard came? And you two talk atleast 15 minutes everyday, its less compared to the 5-6 hours that you two spent talking before but you all are busy." Ritika said to him, making an attempt to knock some sense into him.

"All that is fine." Rohit said and Ritika sighed and left him thinking that let the best friends solve their matter, anyways they are meeting today.

On the other hand Virat was running around the hotel to find blue berry ice cream which was Anushka's new pregnancy craving.

"Virat, why are you running?" AB asked him

"I need to search for an ice cream before we leave, ask the team to wait for me incase I am late." Virat said thinking how can Virat Kohli even think of being late.

"Okay, just make sure you dont get done with your warm up in the hotel itself." AB said and left to inform the team to wait.

Virat finally got into the restaurant's kitchen and asked the head chef for the ice cream and luckily they had some, he rushed back into the room to find Anushka already having some of that ice cream.

"How the hell do you already have that ice cream that I ran around for?" Virat asked.

"I asked you to get the ice cream which you could have dont using house keeping but you wanted to personally fetch some." Anushka said and took the ice cream Virat got as well.

"And ya, your phone, I was in the washroom when Ro was repeatedly calling, talk to him later." Anushka said handing his phone over to him.

"Why was my phone with you? I thought it was in my pocket." Virat said.

"I took it to check it. Everything is clean, you can take it." she said and gave back his phone to him.

"You like checked it just last night, these wives, god do something with them." Virat mumbled.

"Ya ya complain to god about me later and get out or you will be late and remember to call Ro." Anushka reminded him.

"I am anyways meeting him, he would have simply called to tell that only and he might be sleeping in the bus now 100 per cent." Virat said.

"Still call him, and I thought you liked spoiling people's sleep." Anushka said.

"I like spoiling, Ro's sleep and I have my agents every where he goes." Virat said and he raised him collar proudly and left for the bus not bothering to call Rohit.

Rohit went into the bus in an annoyed manner and he had kept pillows with him since the drive to Dubai was long so he thought that he will sleep very peacefully and he did for the first 15 minutes.

"Captain Ro." Hardik said poking Rohit.

"Skipper Ro." Hardik said again continuing to poke Rohit.

"Ooooooo Captain Roooooo Ooooooooo Skipper Rooooooo Ooooooo Captain Roooooo ooo Skipper Roooooo OOooooooo" Hardik sang merrily or a more appropriate description would be that he howled and screeched tearing ear drums of people.

"Harry Shut up." Jassi said but he wouldnt until Rohit gets up, he had orders from the top.

Rohit finally woke up and threw a pillow at Hardik but he dodged the pillow successfully and it hit Ishan instead who whined, "Ro bhaiya." Ishan whined.

"Sorry Ishan, no wait attack Harry with it, imagine that its your gun." Rohit said and Ishan gave him an 'Do I look like a kid to you' look and he rather kept the pillow with him.

"Harry get out from next to me now." Rohit said but Hardik didnt move.

"Go Harry or I will kick you out of the team." Rohit screamed.

"I cant I have orders from the top." Hardik said pointing upwards.

"God?" Rohit asked.

"No the king of gods" Hardik said.

"Thats Indra, wait what wrong with him?" Rohit said.

"The king gave me orders and its my duty to follow it our else he will kick me out of his empire." Hardik said.

"This Kohli, I wont spare him" Rohit said.

"He is the king, dont mess with him." Hardik said.

"Shut up, and here I am the king, do you want to get out of this squad? If not then get out from next to me now." Rohit said and Hardik ran back but made sure that Rohit did not sleep at all till they reached the stadium .

Rohit was pretty much annoyed with everything now, and the only reason was the Virat Kohli and on top of that Rohit was very much deprived of his beauty sleep. Rohit took his kit bag and they all got in.

"Ro, all good, you look sleepy." Pollard said, he knew that Hardik had annoyed Rohit to death.

"Can you thrash Harry after the match, only after the match we need him till then and thrash him in a way that he is okay before the next match." Rohit said and Pollard laughed.

"Sure mate" Pollard joked.

"But he was like Virat the king ordered me" Pollard said imitating Hardik.

"Dont talk about that annoying, idiotic, stupid, whatever man in front of me" Rohit said in a pretty much annoyed tone and left.

Virat happened to have been standing right behind Rohit, he had reached the stadium before and when he came to know that MI bus also came he went to the entrance and when Jassi and Hardik entered and they jumped on him and they went in but then he realized that Rohit was yet to enter so Virat went back and he saw Pollard and Rohit do they temperature checks together and they were talking about something through out.

"Why is he not doing stuff fast and coming to meet me?' Virat mumbled and as soon as Rohit got done with the sanitization and went ahead, VIrat sneaked behind him so he could jump on Rohit and scare Rohit.

But when he heard Rohit say that about him he wondered whats wrong with Rohit and he told that all to Pollard like he just back bitted about him to some third person. Virat was now fuming, he was filled with absolute fury not because Rohit didnt tell all of that on his face but told it behind his back to someone else. He went into the stadium furiously.

"Bowlers if anyone of you gets Rohit's wickets I will give you a treat though it would be an easy one to get." Virat said to Yuzi, Saini, Sundar and the rest of the bowling unit, quite very loudly and not the rest of the MI but Rohit who was tying his shoelace's near by heard it.

"Umm Are you okay?" Yuzi asked Virat thinking that the ROHIRAT rift is just a big drama then why is Virat talking like this.

"Ya, we need to win this match at any cost." Virat said.

"You look annoyed Virat, all good?" AB asked coming near Virat, tujhe bahut pata hain, Rohit thought.

"Ya mate all good." Virat said.

"Then what was that Rohit thing, we need all good wickets right its not just Rohit who bats well in that team" AB said reasonably.

"I know but he is over the moon these days and he is flying too much in the air." Virat said loudly indirectly meaning to say that Rohit is arrogant since he is hitting big these days and left from there.

"Me and over the moon? Should I show him a mirror?" Rohit murmured angrily and left.

It was then the time for toss and Virat and Rohit stood really far away from each other. Why? Social distancing exists in bio bubbles guys, the media should know how responsible these two cricketers are, so responsible that they dont even shake hands, dont even do a fist bump like not even for the sake of the spirit of cricket. They are responsible only when ROHIRAT are together Virat with Rahul or Rohit with MSD is a different level of responsible.

Rohit and Virat exited the grounds after the toss as if they dont know each other at all, not even a single word to each other nor a smile.

"Dekh Yuzi ROHIRAT rift drama shuru ho gaya." Hardik said to Yuzi when they were behind and yet to enter the ground.

"This wont stop." Yuzi agreed and laughed with Hardik.

The match started after a while RCB was going great in the start and as the runs on the scoreboard increased the pressure on the team increased as well greatly. They finally managed to get Finch out not Virat came on crease.

Virat wasnt in pressure because how the match was going on because as of now the match was in RCB's favor but he was in pressure due to his own performance which was pretty low in this IPL, he knew he had the chance to do well in this match because his team as well had made a good build up of score.

When he came out Rohit thought, I shouldnt be thinking this but I want Virat to do well or else he is going to be heavily trolled again, this idiot needs to bat atleast till the score of 30 today, no no Ro you are in MI but he can score 30 in 30 balls thats good for MI and even he makes a decent score so he wont get trolled.

Rohit's focus was back into the match and Virat's score was moving pretty slowly, Rohit sent Rahul Chahar to bowl after Virat survived Jassi's over. Rahul bowled and Virat hit it out but Rohit's hands went up in the air and its an out.

Virat was quite disappointed with himself, he had to do it today but he couldnt, he knew that he could rely on ABD who was next but still he had to do it form himself aw well today.

Rohit on the other hand was happy the minute he caught the ball but he regretted the very next moment after celebrating the wicket and started cursing in his mind thinking that he who wanted Virat to have a decent score today himself got Virat out.

The match went on the RCB made a huge total of 201 for MI, the score seemed good and pretty big but with a batting line up like MI's anything was possible.

Rohit was looking forward to a great innings but he goes out at just the score of 8 and he was sitting in a very dissappointed manner looking at which Virat felt bad for a second but he continued not bothering about it he had to make his team win today.

The match went on with an amazing inning of Ishan Kishan and with moments in among all team India players present there but the ROHIRAT and then a tie which added the thrill factor in the match. RCB won the super over and the match and Virat was the whole RCB in fact was really happy the minute Virat hit that Four.

After the presentation ceremony they all went back to their dressing rooms, Virat remembered how upset and miserable Ishan looked after he got out, he felt that the kiddo needed to be praised for his performance today. He went out towards MI dressing room with the intention to talk to Ishan and ignore Rohit over there completely.

"Ishan." Virat called out for him and Rohit narrowed his eyes at Virat.

"Yes bhai" Ishan said and went towards him.

"You played great Ishan, you were epic today on fire." Virat praised Ishan and patted on his shoulder..

"He had to play well, he is my kiddo after all." Rohit said and swung his hand over Ishan's shoulder.

"Aaj tu nah yeh bali ka bakra bana hain Jassi." Hardik whispered into Jassi's ear.

"True but why do I feel that they were not faking a rift down there and there was something serious happening?" Jassi asked Hardik.

"These to men and serious? Joke of the century." Hardik said and laughed.

"Umm thanks Virat bhaiya and Ro bhaiya." Ishan said taking that my kiddo comment from Rohit as a compliment, he had heard about Jassi, Kuldeep and all getting sandwiched between the ROHIRAT but he felt that it was going to happen to him today and he felt that more horrible than getting out on his 99.

"Arre hume bhi bache banane do." Hardik said and pulled Ishan towards him.

"Kya?" Virat and Rohit asked together and then looked at each other and glared and looked at Hardik again.

"He meant that Ishan is none of your kiddo because he is our kiddo." Jassi said, he had convinced Hardik so they could pull Ishan out of that situation.

"Yes I taught Ishan to hit those shots, I know you want to thank me Ishan, your welcome, I am very proud of you Ishu, its okay you got out on 99 but you were and are the star of the match, you changed the whole game - " Hardik went on praising Ishan and telling him as the reason behind Ishan's success.

"Thats it Harry, senior log bas itna hi bolte hain." Jassi said to stop Hardik.

"Nahi aur baki hain, its my privilege to have you as my kiddo." Hardik said and Jassi face palmed.

"Ya only this much, I cant remember more praises I get from my seniors, jitne yaad hain utne de diye maine ab chal." Hardik said Jassi dragged both Hardik and Ishan away.

"He is mad." Rohit and Virat said looking at Hardik together again.

"I know that" they said again.

"Cause he is my kiddo." they again said.

"We decided that Rahul is yours and Harry is mine." Rohit immediately said.

"Ya ya you only broke that first he calls you bhai also sometimes and you also Some solid shots Classy hundred." Virat said mimicing Rohit's tweet in Rohit's voice.

"You are a jealous pig." Rohit said, luckily the dressing room was empty after Jassi and Hardik dragged Ishan out.

"You were the one who was jealous of AB." Virat said.

"Who said? You were jealous of Pollard." Rohit said.

"You back bite about me to Pollard." Virat said.

"You speak ill of me in front of AB." Rohit said, they were accusing each other like kids who go you took my chocolate first, no you took mines first.

"You said that I am annoying, stupid and what not to Pollard today," Virat said.

"And you were ready to treat your bowlers to get me out." Rohit said.

"And you got me out." Virat said.

"You said that I am over the moon and I am flying too much and what not to AB." Rohit said.

"Wait." Virat said and he drank water and came back.

"I needed to hydrate my throat to fight more." Virat said.

"I dont need to cause I can withstand everything." Rohit said.

"Ya ya someone who cant go even more than 3 hours without sleep except when we are plaing the match says he can withstand everything." Virat said.

"I sleep so I can withstand everything." Rohit said.

"Ya so that all bad things happen when you are sleeping." Virat said.

"Wait did we divert from the agenda of our fight today?" Rohit asked.

"Yeah right, why did you tell all that about me to Pollard haan?" Virat asked.

"Why did you tell all that about me to Ab haan?" Rohit asked.

"I asked first." Virat said.

"But I want to know first." Rohit said and this went on for a good amount of time.

"I did because you spoke about me like that to Pollard first." Virat said.

"I did that cause you didnt pick up my call before we started for the hotel and on top of that spoilt my sleep." Rohit said.

"I didnt pick it up cause it was with Nushkie who was in the washroom when you called so even she didnt pick up and about your sleep kitna soyega re tu?" Virat asked.

"Nothing about my sleep, let the baby come you will know when you loose nights of sleep." Rohit said.

"Oh al that is a myth, you just want to sleep." Virat said.

"4 - 5 more months and you will know if you want take Sammy with you for a week she is one already and she still wont sleep properly at night and I have to stay awake" Rohit said.

"Sammy is a good bacha you exaggerate too much I will take her with me." Virat said.

"No need I will keep my Sammy with me yo wait beta 4 months wait." Rohit said.

"We diverted from the agenda again." Virat reminded.

"Didnt it get solved? Like you didnt pick up cause Anushka had the phone, the sleep is still a problem but I give you time till you are a dad you will sleep instead of me then and I spoke that way to Pollard cause you annoyed me you spoke that way to Ab cause yyou heard me talking that way and leave the match what happens on field stays on field. " Rohit said giving a whole scenario of the fight.

"What an amazing analysis Ro, Wah this means the fight is solved on our own." Virat exclaimed.

"We can tell mahi bhai that we are big now." Rohit added.

"We solved a fight in a day balle balleee and that too on our own shaba shaba that too by just talking balle balle we can now brag in front of Mahi bhai oho balle balle shaba shaba." Virat said.

"We are geniuses." Rohit said and joined Virat in his balle balle.

"Then Rohit mere yaar." Virat said and jumped on Rohit giving him a big hug.

"Virat mere bhai." Rohit said and hugged him back.

Anyone who would have seen this would have fainted looking at the character change they were fighting for all this while and now yaarana bhaichaara is happening out of no where.

"I didnt miss you at all here yaar." Virat said.

"I also didnt miss you at all mere bhai." Rohit said.

"Yeh toh bas apne logo ko hug karne ka mann ho raha tha." Virat said.

"Ha yeh toh bas practice chal rahi hain ki corona ke baad kaisi jhappiyan denge ke dusre ko." Rohit said.

"I am showing you how I will hug Mahi bhai when I meet him, this is just the trailer." Virat said.

"I am showing you the mini trailer of how I already met Mahi bhai before you." Rohit said.

"Haan we are just acting like we dont have a rift." Virat said.

"Yes this all is drama only." Rohit said as they continued to jump around the empty dressing room while hugging each other.

Suddenly they felt someone coming.

"How dare you get me out Mr. Sharma." Virat screamed and Rohit got the hint and parted from Virat quickly.

"How dare you win the match Mr. Kohli?" Rohit asked faking anger.

"Umm Rohit, the team bus is waiting for you." Akash Ambani said awkwardly

"Yes I will be there chill" Rohit said.

"Sure." he said and looked at Virat and Rohit again like I hope they dont break anything, cause he saw them fighting and he left.

"Yasssssssssss" both of them screamed a few minutes after he left.

"Atleast he now believes in our rift" Virat said.