**Day 15 β Post League Stage Wrap-Up β BCCI Excellence Academy**
The league stage ends. Five intense matches.
Broken dreams. New stars.
Now, only four captains will walk into the semifinals.
And only **two** will walk out with a shot at wearing the Indian jersey.
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### π Final League Standings
| Rank | Team | Wins | Losses | NRR | Points |
|------|-------------|------|--------|---------|------|
| 1οΈβ£ | Titans | 3 | 0 | +1.92 | 6 |
| 2οΈβ£ | Vanguard| 2 | 1 |+0.87 | 4 |
| 3οΈβ£ | Phoenix | 1 | 2 | -0.14 | 2 |
| 4οΈβ£ | Havoc | 0 | 3 | -1.56 | 0 |
|------|-------------|------|--------|---------|------|
**Semifinal 1**: Titans π Phoenix
**Semifinal 2**: Vanguard π Havoc
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### π£οΈ Dravid's Address β BCCI Hall
Players gather in a tense briefing room.
No phones. No staff. Just the core team.
**Dravid:**
> "We didn't just watch your runs and wickets.
> We studied your fear, your selfishness, your strength when no one clapped.
> Semifinals are next.
> But from here on β it's not about skill. It's about soul."
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### π₯ Media Frenzy β Newsroom Montage
> "Titans look unbeatable. Aryan & Omkar are rewriting modern cricket."
> "Can Phoenix rise again or fall into the ashes?"
> "Rehan Malik β India's quiet new wall?"
> "Zayaan Sheikh β genius or implosion?"
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### π₯ Inside the Dorms β Mind Games Begin
#### π’ **Titans Dorm Room**
Omkar draws plans on the whiteboard. Aryan sits beside him, silent as ever.
**Iqbal (curious):**
> "You two haven't lost a game. Aren't you even a little nervous?"
**Omkar:**
> "That's the problem. We're due a failure. That's why we prepare like we already lost."
Aryan finally speaks:
> "Zayaan's hungry. Phoenix is cornered. That makes them dangerous."
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#### π΄ **Phoenix Dorm Room**
Yuvraj paces. Rajveer watches him silently.
**Dev (to Yuvraj):**
> "If you try to win alone, we'll lose. We need each other."
Yuvraj nods, fists clenched.
> "I'll pass the ball when it's right. I promise."
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#### π‘ **Vanguard Dorm Room**
Rehan reads his own game logs. Quiet. Focused.
Rakesh laughs, trying to break the tension.
**Rakesh:**
> "Are you human or AI, bhai? You don't even blink."
**Rehan (calm):**
> "Semifinal is war. Calm is my sword."
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#### π΅ **Havoc Dorm Room**
Sai Menon draws up tactics.
Zayaan sits in a corner, headphones on, eyes shut.
**Sai (to Lalit):**
> "Don't wake him. He's meditating his madness."
Zayaan opens one eye and mutters:
> "I'm not meditating. I'm remembering why I hate losing."
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### π§ Analyst Room β Dhoni & Dravid
They watch footage. Slowed. Paused. Zoomed.
Every blink, every hesitation is data.
**Dhoni:**
> "Aryan's a monk. Rehan's a general. Yuvraj's a fire.
> But Zayaan? He's the storm we didn't account for."
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### π Final Scene β Practice Nets at Midnight
All four captains are alone in their corners.
Aryan hitting drives.
Yuvraj shadow-batting.
Rehan marking field diagrams.
Zayaan bowling into the dark.
Voiceover:
> "Only one will lead India's next-gen team.
> But all fourβ¦
> will become legends β or disappear."
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π₯ **Next: Chapter 33 β Semifinal 1: Titans vs Phoenix β The Clash of Fire and Silence**