Chapter 65: The Titans of Hyderabad
Aryan didn't back away.
He stepped forward.
He met the ball on the rise.
With [Blitz] active, his bat speed matched the ball speed.
He didn't try to slog. He played a punch-drive. straight back past the bowler.
The timing was perfect.
The ball rocketed past Lee's ankles before he could even react.
It raced to the long-off boundary.
FOUR.
The sound of the bat was like a gunshot.
Lee stopped in his follow-through. He turned to look at the boundary. Then he looked at Aryan.
The smirk was gone.
Ball 5:
Lee was furious. Fast bowlers hate being driven straight.
He went short again.
But this time, Aryan was expecting it.
[Trait: Improviser]
Aryan shuffled across his stumps. He used the pace.
He didn't hook. He just ramped it.
He angled his bat like a periscope.
The ball hit the bat and flew over the slips.
It sailed all the way to the third man boundary.
It bounced once. Twice.
FOUR.
"Checkmate," Aryan whispered.
Ball 6:
