- A forgotten past comes back to haunt Coach Suri. Vayu can't deal with the pressure from the media. Meanwhile, Prashant has been practicing hard; will his efforts pay off?
- Pritish and Vikrant meet Niranjan and play him audio clips of a call he had in 1994 with a bookie, before he threw a game in Sharjah. It is revealed that the bookie is Ajit Joshi (Krunal Pandit), the same mystery man who helped Vikrant and Imtiaz conduct the entire analysis for the team. Vikrant wants Niranjan to run the game for him from the dug out. Niranjan is worried that Arvind will find out, but Vikrant wants Niranjan to use his trust with Arvind to keep him in line and clueless to the truth.
Svetlana's claim splits the cricket fans down the middle. Many support Vayu and many hurl shame at him. Next day at nets, ZArina attends and Arvind gets Prashant to bowl to him. Arvind takes him to the cleaners. Zarina takes Prashant aside and tells him that even she was a small town girl who came to Mumbai when she was 17. She was asked to work with the biggest stalwarts in the industry. The key to her success was to live in the moment, not before or after. In that moment, nobody else mattered and you are the best. She instills confidence in Prashant. Prashant comes back to bowl and yorks Arvind. The team is stunned. Even Shoaib couldn't york Arvind. Arvind is still not convinced as he says Zarina cannot give him a pep talk in the middle of a match. Zarina wants Arvind to play Prashant. Arvind says clearly that on the ground the team belongs to him. If Zarina wants to play selector, she will need a new captain.
Niki feels that ZArina is being controlled by Vikrant and that she has given up too much for too little. Devender tells Hamish that he has seen his gay sex photos. This makes Hamish very nervous. The team flies to Chandigarh. Vikrant wants Zarina in his suite, but she will only meet him in a public place. He makes Zarina pick a restaurant and then books the whole place out. Zarina is all along with Vikrant. Zarina tells Vikrant that Arvind wont select Prashant. Vikrant asks her to sleep with Arvind and get it out of the way. Vikrant says that Zarina is being less than useful to him, and that he may remove her from the Mavericks. At this point, Zarina doesn't care.
In Chandigarh, even Niranjan tries to convince Arvind to play Prashant. Arvind is clear that hamish is doing a good job and he wont change a winning combination. Arvind also reaches out to Vayu and says that he will keep playing for Mavericks till Vayu is committed to the team. Vayu vows not let him down. Under pressure, and with no way out to protect his integrity and privacy, Hamish injures himself at the gym the following day. He is out for 2 weeks. There is no option now but to play Prashant. Under the garb of "celebrations" Devender, Raghunath and a few other team mates rag Prashant, when he is alone. They tape his mouth shut, smear him with cake and make him drink beer. When alone, Devender tells Prashant that a lot of people contributed to Prashant's selection in the game. So, he has to repay their favor. He tells Prashant to bowl the way he wants him to him. drop wides and no-balls, give more runs in specific overs and so on.
On match day, Rohini doesn't find Vayu in his room. she finds drugs in his room. Tanay helps Rohini to track Vayu's mobile to the basement parking, where he was found unconscious. They bring him to the room and have 55 mins to get him ready before the team bus leaves for the match. Rohini runs her well used drill of cold showers, calorific food, treadmill and saunas to get Vayu ready, but he just misses the team bus. He takes an auto to the stadium. Arvind drops Vayu from the team and asks him to demonstrate his commitment to the team by showing that he will never let anything come between him and his cricket. The crowds start pouring in for the match. Handa tells Zarina that Vayu has been dropped for the match and Prashant selected, both of which she didn't know. Mavericks win the toss and bat.
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