Mahesh Kulkarni did not shout.
He did not threaten.
He simply made a phone call.
"Name?"
"Arjun Malhotra."
"Strike it."
That was how careers ended.
No paperwork. No explanation. Just a quiet consensus among selectors who drank the same tea, attended the same weddings, and protected the same invisible hierarchy.
At the next three tournaments, Arjun's name was missing.
Not dropped.
**Erased.**
Coaches stopped calling him for nets.
Teammates stopped sitting next to him.
Even umpires treated him like background noise.
Arjun noticed everything.
He reacted to nothing.
> **Divine Cricket System**
> **Mental State:** Stable
> **Emotional Variance:** Near Zero
> **Evaluation:** Optimal
At fourteen, he understood a truth most professionals never learned:
*The system does not fight talent.*
*It ignores it.*
So Arjun adjusted.
He stopped chasing teams.
He chased **scorecards**.