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Chapter 3 - chapter3

When Salman entered the team hotel. He was greeted by Raj . Then Raj gave him his room no ,told him to get changed and meet him on the lobby in 2hrs

Salman then took his luggage and went to his room .when he opened the door he saw the bowler ,who he faced during the selection. They were awkward silence between them.

Later ,they went to lobby . Raj and other members like coaching staff and players were there. They were watching india vs new zealand odi match . When Salman came , they congratulated him for joining the team.

Later all of them started watching the match , Salman saw Sachin getting out on 7 runs

But india won the match by 5 wickets. They were discussing the match and analysing the players.

Next day, all the members went to the training ground for the practice. Then Raj told salman to do bowling to all the batsman for a day. After that , Salman started stretching his body and got ready for bowling. He started bowling to the opener for the team . He set up two Slips and backward point field .The batsman was confused by his field setting and leaving the covers open.

Then Salman started his Runup and threw his first delivery. It was an outswinger .The batsman could read his ball and edges it to the slip . Then the next batsman came he was the most experience batter in the team . Salman bowl a seam position ball at him , he missed the ball and the ball passed just away from the wicket. Then he bowl a bouncer at him, the batsman ducks his head . After that Salman bowl and inswinger to bowled him. All the players were shocked to see their best batsman ranveer got bowled by a young bowler .

As the day ended , all the batsman got out in an over and salman destroyed them .then he heard the system noice congratulating him for his amazing display .he got a reward

Batting level C to B .

On the next day , coach made him bat against all the bowlers. He started with fast bowlers . They were bowling him bouncers and he played pull shots ,hook shots and upper cut against them . Then some of them changed their length and he played some classic shots like cover drive , straight drive at them . Soon spiners started bowling him , he hit them with straight sixes and flicks. Then on the last bowl he did a sweep shot . The bowler was stunned by him , he never imagined this shot.

Raj was amazed by his performance and he was surprised to see salman's unique shot at the end .

After that Salman practiced with his team for 2weeks .

Then , they faced their first opponent Mumbai

On the match day Delhi won the match and chose Batting.

First innings delhi score 70-1, Then salman came he faced a spinner . He hit the six on the first ball , then on the second ball. He hit six again. Subsequently he hit six again on the next ball. Then the over ended.

In the next over , he faced fast bowler .he hit him with a square cut , cover drive and a six with a hook shot.

Later he completed his fifty in 20 balls .The commentators we shocked by his performance.

After that he scored his 1st century in 47 balls . It was a record for the fastest century in this time. Then he continued his excellent batting . But his teammates fell apart one after another .

Soon he completed his 150 and continued his Batting display. Then he went on and score 200 . All of his teammates started claping at him. The Delhi team score reached 400 -6. Still he batted and completed his 250 in 150 balls.Still there was time to complete his 300 . After he went on and scored a 300 in his debut .

Then Delhi score reached 510 -9. Salman remained not out for 340*.

His historic ranji debut became the headline of the newspaper know india.

Then on the next day , he did bowling in the first over. He bowled the opener of Mumbai on his first delivery. Then he took 3 wickets in his first over . Later in his second over he took 2 wickets. Subsequently he took another 2 wickets in his 3rd over. Thus the score became

Delhi 510- 9, Mumbai 64 all out .

Then in the next innings ,he scored another 200 hundred and team declared.

If Mumbai wanted to win they have to score 830 runs . Later they got all out for 150.

Salman took 6 wickets.

Delhi getting the biggest victory in the ranji became the topic of the town. Everyone was getting excited by the young prodigy Salman

Who is left hand Batting bowling allrounder.

After the match , system rewarded him with cutters bowling technique.

In the next match , Salman scored another 200 in the first innings and 100 in the second innings

His Batting level is now B to A.

Then he continued is Batting and bowling performances . In a month he acquired all types of bowling techniques and his Batting went to A level . Later New year 1996 came and he celebrated with his team and called his parents and disha.

In the knockouts , he scored 240 and 201 against punjab and took 7 wickets , 6 wickets

In the semi final he scored 319 and 270 against hyderabad and took 8 wickets ,6 wickets.

In the final , Salman scored 208 and 359 runs against Mumbai and took 5 wickets ,8 wickets.

After that Delhi won the Ranji trophy. And Salman became a national sensation.

When he returned to his home .he was greeted by his neighbors and there was an event for him at his school . He was treated like a king.

Later he turned 16 and celebrated his birthday with family and friends . Now he is in 10th standard .

One day he got a call from India cricket team coach . The coach wanted to use him as a nets bowler for worldcup 1996. Salman agreed. Then his parents send him to Mumbai. He arrived team team hotel and found Raj . He met with Raj and found out Raj is now working in team india.

Later , Indian coach Mr. Patil met him

Patil told him to get ready for tomorrow nets practice.

On the next day , Salman checked his stats

Strength:78

Stamina : 76

Charm: 80

Intelligence: 81

Agility: 87

Perks : Enhanced physique, Devils charm

Skills : Bowling Master , Batting king

As soon as , he entered the training field .he spotted Sachin and Azhar . Then the coach introduced him to them. Salman was delighted to meet them .Subsequently coach asked them to pad up and face salman's bowling.

Then salman started his run up and bowled an inswinger to azhar , azhar got bowled on the first ball. Azhar then Stared him in the eye and told him to bowl again. Then salman bowl him a slow leg cutter and Azhar got lbw . He was shocked by his dismissal.

Then Sachin turn came ,he defended few balls and got bowled by a off cutter.

Later he got lbw by a knuckleball.

These two are the best batsman in India getting destroyed by a teenager. Soon other players came in kamli , Jadeja , mongia all got bowled out.

Then the coach told salman to go to hotel.

After that he started discussing with his team.

The next day, coach made him bat agains6

Venky and javagal and Kumble.

He destroyed venky, javagal and kumble got hit for sixes .

After practicing 3 sessions, he overclassed all the players. Then the coach decided to put salman in word cup squad in place of Kapoor.

Three days later , he got the contract and recieved 50000 check on his father's name.

Later he started the india's first match against Kenya.

India won the toss and chose Batting.

India were 127 -3 ,when Salman came Batting. Sachin was on 59* ,Salman started attacking the bowlers he made a quick 50 in 28 balls. While Sachin was on 73 .

Then he started hitting sixes like Chris Gayle

Soon he was on 95 and Sachin was on 87.

Then he hit a six to complete his century.

Subsequently Sachin also completed his century.

But there were 10 overs left ,then they both started attacking the bowlers

India made 403 -3. Sachin made 150 runs and salman made 180 runs .

Then he started bowling in 11 th over and got 3 wickets in that over. In his next over , he took 2 wickets by breaking the stumps.

After the match , Salman got man of the match. The match was televised all over India. His parents watched him winning a worldcup match by himself .

Later that night , sachin called him .he told him to meet in the coach's room.Then salman went to the room . He saw Sachin, azhar and coach Patil making strategies for the next match against west indies.

They told him that he will be number 3 batsman for that match. After that he went to his room and slept.

Next morning, he started Batting practice. He faced kumble for 20 overs and played some aggressive shots like straight six and some shorts in long off and covers.

Then he faced fast bowlers and hit them with square cut and pull shots.

He practiced for 5 hours after that he left for hotel.

On the matchday westindies won the toss and chose to bat first. Salman started the 3rd over and got 2 wickets. Then he bowl again in 5th over and took 2 wickets.

Westindies were 23 - 4 , subsequently he bowl in 7th over , 9 th over and 11over. He got another 2 wickets.

Westindies were 50-7 After 15 overs.

Then they got all out for 73 .

India chased it in 15 overs . Jadeja and Sachin remain not out.

Then india faced Australia in the Mumbai.