“*ring**ring*, *click*. Yes, Ravi.”

“I don’t know how to tell this but~”

“We lost… AM I RIGHT?!!!”

“Y-yes”

Raghav took the flower vase on his desk and threw it against the wall, next to the door. He hit his head against his palm.

“WHAT DOES THIS MEAN, KRISHNA?!”

“Sir, the thing is~”

“I DON’T WANT ANY EXCUSES!”

“THEN SIR, the thing is we don’t have ONE efficient coach who can train and bring the players potential out!”

“ARGH!! LITSEN, IF THAT’S THE ISSUE, TELL EVERYONE, A NEW COACH IS COMING!!!”

“May I know who it is?”

“I am not in a situation to reveal his name as the negotiations is not completed.”

“Okay sir.”

“AND YEAH, COME BACK IMMEDIATELY! DON’T WAIT TILL THE CLOSING CEREMONY!”

“Yes sir. *beep*.”

Taking deep breath to control his emotions, Raghu hears a knock on the door.

“Come in. *clerk*. Ramya, we lost.”

“WE LOST?!”

“Yes, I have identified the root cause.”

“AND WHAT IS THAT ROOT CAUSE?!”

“Coach. There is no proper coach in the whole Indian Volleyball Federation. Without a proper coach, Indian team can never come up.”

“Huff… do you have anyone in mind?”

“For a moment, I thought of Victor Russell, Antony DiCaprio or Farhan Hakim but, I don’t think they’ll accept our offer.”

“Then?”

“Then what? I have only one name.”

“Who is it?”

“The one who was the MVP the part of the winning team in U19 FIVB Men’s World Cups’, U19 Asian Cup and U19 Olympics, in his early days. In his true days, he won the MVP and led the winning team of FIVB Men’s World Cups’, Asian Cup and even Olympics. Now do you remember him?”

“Kind of. Be more specific.”

“Argh… in his U19 championships, he was 16 years old and in his senior championships, he was 20 years old.”

“If I am not wrong~”

“Yes, you aren’t wrong”

“Are you sure that he’ll join us?”

“Might be no, might be yes.”

“Don’t joke idiot!”

“I am not joking. You remember this quote of him: ‘A talented player needs training, a hardworking player needs support’?”

“Yeah, I remember.”

“If he thinks we have talented and hardworking player, might be he’ll join us.”

“Can you guarantee me?”

“YES!”

“Then I’ll take this to the board and the Ministry. If they are satisfied and continue funding us, 2028 prime team might be recreated.”

“I believe the same, Ramya. It’s all upon my idiot captain, Garuda Subramanyam”