Satire: Team meeting before the 2nd Test turns out to be chaotic

“Are you nuts??” A familiar husky voice came from the back. A man was standing there near the door. Someone who India usually depends in such crisis and pressure situations. And he is here to cool down the heat. None other than Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Dhoni: Ravi, This ain’t wrestling or bull fight. Use your brain once in a lifetime.

All of a sudden Ravi Shastri’s face turned red. Dhoni stepped in. He had a bulged plastic bag in his right hand.

Kohli: Hai Mahi, How’s your daughter?

Dhoni: She’s good. Sakshi has made some sweets for you guys. Have some.

“Thanks Mahi” Ishant Sharma is usually the first to respond to eatables.

Dhoni: (Smiling) And Chicko, don’t get upset. This is just your 2nd Test loss as captain. You’ll get used to this in the coming years…

Kohli: Oh, Come on! Please stop joking and help us to find a solution.

Dhoni: Ok, fine. I think Umesh has got much better control than Aaron. Bring him, in place of Varun Aaron. And…

Kohli: And what?

Dhoni puts his arms over Kohli’s shoulder and whispered in his ears.

“Dump Rohit!”

“What’s there to whisper?” Rohit and Bhaji asked concurrently.

“Nothing, A bit of advice about field settings...” Typical M.S. Dhoni.

The meeting concluded just as a parliament session. Nothing churned out. But it seems those sweets did the trick of ‘Diary milk shots’. Shastri was seen to be engaged in a gleeful chat with Dhoni and Kohli. Bhaji and Dhawan too, were having funny banter. Saha and Rahul restarted their ‘hide and seek’ game.

But Rohit Sharma is still tensed. He has all reason to be so. He needs to prove his talent and class in the longer format of the game. Or someone else will easily take his place.

[Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction done in jest. This has absolutely no claims to truth and is not meant to hurt anyone's sentiment.]