- It's the first test between India and Pakistan, and the best laid plans - Politics of a familiar kind takes center stage and throws a spanner in the works, affecting everyone from the players to the broadcasters.
- The morning of the India Pakistan test match and the pitch is found to be destroyed. The leader of the opposition Bhalerao Patankar, takes responsibility of the attack This is he first match under Ayesha's tenure as the President of the Mumbai Cricket association. The match cannot be played on the destroyed pitch. She has to act and act fast.
Imaad is still shunned by every member of the team. But Rohini keeps him company. Ayesha decides to cancel play for the day as she looks for another stadium to host the match the following day. Kruger Sports had the TV broadcast rights and will lose the entire ad inventory for the day. The loss is at least $ 1 million.
Zarina takes control of the ICB, but none of the members listen to what she has to say. But the whole room comes to attention when VIkrant enters the room. Vikrant tells Zarina to cancel the Kruger contract. Yash gave the contract to Kruger so Roger could exonerate Mantra. Zarina can simply say that there was no rigging and Sportel won bid fair and square. Zarina confronts Vikrant that he should have become the President himself if he wanted to make all the decisions. Vikrant says he loves the power without the accountability and tells Zarina if she doesn't comply she can be removed from her post or sent to jail.
Since Rohit has a day off, Allen comes to meet him at the hotel room. Rohit is annoyed with Allen. Rohit says that he cant be seen with Allen like this. Allen understands that Rohit is ashamed of being gay and breaks up with him. The match is rescheduled at the Navi Mumbai Patil Stadium. The security at the stadium gets a call about there being a bomb at the stadium. The police checks the entire stadium and finds no bomb. The call is traced to Bhalerao' farmhouse. The Police commissioner advises Zarina and Ayesha to cancel the match. Zarina decides to cancel the day's play and take a call on the match later. The fans go on a rampage outside the stadium.
Zarina sends a letter of contract termination to Kruger and assigns the new control to Sportel (CEO Monica signs the new contract). Vikrant calls Monica and says he earned his 300 crores fee. Monica is angry that fans in rebel mode and they are likely to boycott the whole series. The contract may not be worth as much anymore. Vikrant sends Sudha to Bhalerao to convince him to stop the protests. Bhalerao agrees, but wants to have sex with Sudha as payment. Sudha ignores Bhalerao, but keeps the carrot dangling for a dalliance in the future. Rohini is interested in Imaad and likes him. But she steps cautiously. She takes Imaad on a date. They start to talk about fathers. Rohini admits that she is Vijay Subramaniam's daughter. She says that she hasn't told Vayu anything about their past.
Ghulam Akbar calls Vikrant. Vikrant is angry with Ghulam for backing Yash. Ghulam admits that he backed the wrong man for the sake of his son. He tells Vikrant that the TV channels are not happy with the Kruger - Sportel switch. He tells Vikrant to play Imaad in the match. This way a Kashmiri can be pitted against the Pakistanis and this will help the TRPs of the channels and placate them to a large extent. Its a 3 day match now. Coach Azeem Khan tells Vayu that orders have come from the top to play Imaad. Rohini supports Azeem since even the Pakistanis have not seen him play. Azeem asks Vayu to play Imaad with the guarantee that if he fails, Azeem will take the fall.
Vayu wins the toss and bats first. Both teams declare their first innings simultaneously. Now it is a second innings shoot-out. India loses a wicket first ball. Vayu scores a 50 as India reaches 78/3. At 83/4 Rohit comes out to bat with Vayu. There is tension between Rohit and Vayu, as Rohit is the ex-captain and Vayu feels that players value Rohit more over him. Rohit and Vayu bat well, but Vayu almost runs Rohit out. India is at 190/4 with Vayu at 98. Vayu hesitates on a single and runs Rohit out. Vayu completes his century. Vayu is eventually out for 144 with India at 260/7.
In the team meeting later that day, Vayu tells Rohit to run carefully. This irks Rohit who tells Vayu that he is responsible for the run-out, the same way he is responsible for taking Rohit's captaincy and his endorsements. This argument leads to a full on food fight between the Rohit camp and the Vayu camp in the team. Azeem intervenes and tells Rohit that whether he likes it or not, Vayu is the captain and Rohit will have to listen to him. Day 4. India is all out for 325. Pakistan is 61/1. Sultan bats really well is on 69, as they reach 170/3. Rohit drops an easy catch of Sultan and Vayu is livid. Imaad takes a brilliant catch in the outfield and Pakistan is 171/4. Pakistan end the day at 247/4 and Vayu still hasn't bowled Imaad. Sultan is playing on 81.
Roger, CEO of Kruger begs Yash to save him. He says the President of South Africa lost his job and Roger lost his marriage. Yash is unable to save Roger and apologizes. Roger is distraught and commits suicide. The next morning, Vayu sees the cracks open up on the pitch. Vayu starts with fast bowlers and Sultan completes his century as Pakistan reach 261/4. Vayu has no options left and brings Imaad to bowl. After being hit for 3 boundaries off the first 3 balls, Imaad gets Sultan LBW. Pakistan 296/7, 30 runs away from victory. Imaad takes 5 wickets and India wins by 3 runs in a cliff-hanger.
Imaad helping India win irks Hammad (Shrikant Yadav), who calls Yash and tells him that if Ghulam wins the elections because of Imaad, he will not spare Yash.
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