scrubbmetawin
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the path doesn't matter, i'm wherever you are | Jerseys 21 & 5 by scrubbmetawin
Fandoms: Cricket RPF, Indian Women's Cricket Team (IWCT)
05 Apr 2026
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Jersey No. 21 - Radha Yadav has spent her entire life building control - Control over her game, Control over her discipline.
At 26, she's stepping into the role of the Indian Women's Cricket Team's Captain, struggling to fill heavy expectations as the world watches her every move with detailed scrutiny. All her decisions are going to be measured against the legacy of her ex-Captain, Harmanpreet Kaur, who handed over the reigns to her.
Across that boundary rope, stands her arch-nemesis.
Jersey No. 5 - Jemimah Rodrigues - carrying her September fire, music in her bloodstream & chaotic energy personified.
They were prodigies who trained at the same academy but never saw eye-to-eye. Eventually, they drifted apart - playing for opposite teams - different nations, different anthems.
Now, time pushes them together - India v/s Australia, the ODI series - under harsh stadium lights and broadcast scrutiny.
As Radha navigates the pressures of her maiden Captaincy, will she find her resolve being tested by the guitar-strumming Clutch Queen? Are they really rivals who wish to beat each other or simply be seen by the other?
(being posted on Wattpad too - same username)
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Words spoken in the heat of the moment had hurt more than anything.
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25 Mar 2026
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‘It has become a tradition at this point’, Alyssa mused as she waited for Harmanpreet Kaur to show up for their (likely last) after-match drinks.
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25 Mar 2026
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Author's Note: This is my first work of fiction so please don't judge
Set in the early 2010's. Ellyse Perry is the captain of the College Cricket Team and she sees Smriti Mandhana for the first time on the pitch. To everyone, Perry is a happy, confident and easy-to-go captain but what happens when someone sees the dark side of her mask? Perry and Mandhana get assigned to work on a class project, but, what happens when Perry doesn't Smriti come over to her house? Always making excuses and sometimes arriving late to practice? Read to find out...
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10 Mar 2026
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It was meant to be a party night—music, champagne, team selfies, maybe a little bad dancing—but somewhere between the second mocktail and the third round of “We Are the Champions,” Ellyse absolutely lost the plot, and not long after, Smriti followed suit like it was some kind of emotional relay.
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10 Mar 2026
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And when Smriti took her helmet off to celebrate her maiden World Cup Century and oh, for the first time in her 26 years on this planet, Ellyse felt the breath catch in her chest as she gazed upon the messy hair and bright smile (a smile that has now become Ellyse’s source of happiness) of the Indian opener and suddenly all those nights listening to midge craft poetry for Harmanpreet kaur, made sense because who wouldn’t want to moon (in a few years this would be a hilarious pun but not right now) about someone as gorgeous as Smriti Fucking Mandhana.
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10 Mar 2026