Chapter 5 · free to read
Nine days. The trial they'd promised in a month, dragged forward by a boy who wanted him to fail on time.
Day one. Two hundred balls. He hit the target square eleven times.
Day four. New rule: he had to beat a bat he respected.
The wrong-un was turning square now. Sharp enough to beat a Ranji-level bat.
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