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Mumbai lay hushed beneath the first gold light of a seven a.m. sun, the city rubbing sleep from its eyes. On a hotel balcony, a lone figure stood in a half-zipped hoodie, the morning breeze toying with his tousled hair. Shubman Gill had carried a World Cup, heard a nation’s roar, but here he sought the opposite—a pocket of quiet, a sliver of peace. He leaned on the railing, the warmth of his drink seeping into his palms, when a laugh sliced through the calm. Across the street, in a scrap of a park, a woman was tangled in play with a husky puppy, its tail a joyous blur, her delight completely unguarded. He blinked. “What the hell…” It was no dream. Her hair shifted in the wind, her face still soft with morning, and a sudden tightness gripped his chest. He’d seen every kind of g…