yashasvi meets vaibhav in 2025 ipl, when vaibhav is 13 going on 14 and adopts him instantly because oh my god how can he not.

shubh loves pulling and squishing vaibhav's chubby baby cheekies 🥹🥹 he's got a bit of a weakness for cute aggression around real babies too which translates to vaibhav as well 😂

ever since shubman heard that yash's ipl team picked a teenager, he's been expecting that yash will "adopt" the kid. he's been preparing the guest room for vaibhav long before yash actually brings him over 🤣

vaibhav is initially so starstruck by both of them and is very respectful, but soon warms up.

yash said in an interview once that he loves cooking, so I hc he especially loves to cook for his boys. loves to fix them a hot meal when they're tired and sweaty after a game/practice.

yash tries to teach vaibhav how to cook. vaibhav is very incompetent in the beginning, but also very enthusiastic to learn, bless his little heart 😂

vaibhav once tries to bake a cake for yashman's anniversary. yashman come home to see smoke billowing from the oven, the smoke alarm going off and poor vaibhav running around the place, cheeks streaked with soot, nearly in tears, trying to put it out. 🥹🤏🏻 they don't know whether to laugh or cry.

eventually, vaibhav does learn enough basic cooking to ensure he won't set anything on fire. he loves experimenting in the kitchen, trying out new recipes all the time. yashman indulge him, and taste even the most unusual combinations he feeds them. sometimes the dish tastes unexpectedly good, sometimes it doesn't, but even if it is the latter, they don't have the heart to tell vaibhav so. 😂

vaibhav has admitted in an interview that he watches cartoons before a match to relax and shubman keeps liking tom and jerry reels on instagram anyways. so watching cartoons becomes their little bonding activity.

they love curling up on the couch with a tub of popcorn, watching cartoons and animated films, giggling uproariously throughout 🥺🥺🥺

shubman shows vaibhav all the cartoons he grew up watching.

vaibhav's india a captain, jitesh sharma, revealed in a podcast with ab de villiers that vaibhav eats ice-cream every night and won't listen even if he's told no. 😂

you know yash is just the biggest enabler ever and lets him eat as much ice-cream as he wants, and other junk food too.

shubman is more of a health freak than the other two but now he has to keep his refrigerator stocked with ice-cream and chocolates and cakes for whenever vaibhav stays over.

vaibhav HATES studying and can't wait to drop out of school but yash insists he must complete basic education first. yash himself never had the opportunity to get a formal, uninterrupted education because of all the financial troubles he faced growing up, he doesn't want vaibhav to squander the opportunity he's got.

cue yash forcefully making vaibhav complete his homework and vaibhav whining that "why do I need to know trigonometry if I can hit big sixes?" 😂

shubh is not as demanding a taskmaster in this aspect, he lets vaibhav slack off and play cricket or watch the television sometimes when he's supposed to be studying.

vaibhav has 💯 failed a test once and asked shubh to sign it instead of yash because he knows yash will scold him 🤭

except when it comes to academics, yash is overall the more indulgent "parent". whatever vaibhav wants, he will get him instantly. even if he is reluctant, vaibhav will just look at him with big eyes and yash melts. there is literally nothing he won't do for vaibhav.

it falls to shubman to be the more strict / sharp-tongued of the two and discipline vaibhav when he gets a bit tooo cheeky. 😏

sometimes, vaibhav gets inquisitive and searches what people are saying about him online. he reads comments saying he's committed age fraud, people cussing at him for hitting their favourite bowlers all around the park and gets sooo upset.

yash holds him close, tells him to not pay attention to what idiots online say about him. then yash finds some of the comments vaibhav was talking about, and replies to all of them. he's just sitting there on the couch typing furiously, abusing and swearing at literal strangers online for saying mean things about his baby.

when shubman finds out about the controversy yash has caused, he groans and threatens to confiscate his phone 🤭

yash is incredibly protective of vaibhav even when they're playing. if any bowler bounces him (like rabada did yesterday) or celebrates aggressively after getting vaibhav out (like jamieson did vs dc) you can be sure yash is gonna find them after the match and give them a good earful. 😂

shubman patiently counsels yash that vaibhav's got this, he doesn't need to jump in to fight all his battles, but secretly he's just as protective of vaibhav as yash is and doesn't like seeing his baby sledged or yelled at. he definitely tells the paps to leave him alone too.

vaibhav is liable to get moody and emotional every time he gets out on a low score / when his team loses a game. he wants to be left alone at such times. once, after a heavy loss (like yesterday's qualifier), vaibhav just leaves the house without informing anyone, because he needs fresh air, he needs to hit some balls to get his frustration out. yashman are worried out of their minds because they have no idea where he went.

vaibhav comes back hours later, when it's almost midnight, and yash sinks into a chair, almost crying and shubman roars at him, "what the hell were you thinking, huh? going off by yourself like that!" but the relief is evident on his face too.

vaibhav didn't think it would be such a big deal, it's his habit to wander off and be alone after a loss, he thought yashman knew! but it's the first time he realizes how deeply yashman care for him, and oh shit, maybe he's adopted now. 😅

yash and shubh making sure vaibhav knows they're here to help / comfort him after a difficult match.

yashman are the most sickly-sweet romantic couple you ever laid your eyes on. they love having candlelit dinners, share a bowl of noodles or a glass of milkshake while gazing into each other's eyes over the table, and vaibhav just rolls his eyes fondly like "these old geezers smh".

on a cuter note, batting practice sessions!! all the time! yash is the only one out of the three of them who has any particular bowling talent and it exasperates him sooo much because shubh and vaibhav keep making him bowl to them (and vaibhav has developed an annoying habit of sending all of yash's deliveries flying to the boundary and sticking his tongue out at him later. 🤭)

vaibhav is an early riser and he is jumping on yashman's bed at 7 in the morning because "get up, bhaiyya!!! you promised we'd have a net session today!!!! 🥰🥰🥰" while shubman and yash just burrow deeper into the blankets, groaning, "we're old, let us sleep!" and vaibhav is like, "no ❤️" it's like kids getting excited on christmas morning but vaibhav gets excited about batting. 😂

vaibhav randomly stealing yash and shubman's bats; yash doesn't mind it at all, but shubman is as possessive of his bats as vaibhav is. of course, it's not like he can say no to the baby, so he just sighs like, "...fiineee. if you must. 🙄"

vaibhav walking in one day to find them barefoot on the balcony, shubman twirling yash around as a romantic bollywood song plays faintly in the background, and yash is looking at shubh with such a soft expression 🥹 vaibhav snaps a pic and retreats quietly.

yash STILL gets so red and flustered every time shubh is openly flirty or sappy with him, especially in front of vaibhav. he's like the mum character in some old bollywood films, going, "sharam karlo thodi, bacche ke saamne kya kuch bhi bol dete ho! 😳😳" (have some shame, how can you say things like that in front of the kid?!"

vaibhav bragging to his u19 teammates that the current indian captain and the test opener are basically his adopted parents and all his teammates being so impressed.

then one day, vaibhav just up and invites the ENTIRE u19 squad to lunch at his "parents'" house and suddenly yashman have got 15-20 teenagers at their dinner table. are they complaining? absolutely not. 😁

yash calling up vaibhav every half hour when vaibhav is on an u19 / india a tour, constantly checking on him, asking him if he's eaten, if he slept well, etc. 🤣 he also calls up senior members of the squad, like ayush (for u19) or tilak or riyan (for india a), asking them to keep an eye on vaibhav for him.

yash watching the footage of vaibhav beefing with pakistani fielders in the u19 world cup and immediately calling him up, horrified, because "what was the need of that, vaibhu, would it have been so bad if you ignored them and concentrated on your game?" shubman is just cackling meanwhile, he's fresh off a fight of his own with some pakistani quicks and approves of vaibhav emulating him. 🤭

yash and shubman attend vaibhav's u19 / india a matches whenever they have time. they are like soccer moms. 😂 yash will glare at any bowler who dares sledge vaibhav and shubman was once almost thrown out for cussing at the umpire from the stands after a controversial lbw decision.

shubman has definitely accidentally taught vaibhav a few creative expletives in punjabi. 🤭 yash is not pleased, especially because vaibhav is delighted with his new discovery and runs all over the house, shouting the words at the top of his lungs.

the three of them love going to funfairs and amusement parks together, once yashman take vaibhav to disneyland on a whim 🥹

they keep arranging little picnics and other outings whenever they get time; yashman don't want vaibhav to lose his chance at a simple, happy, normal childhood amidst the craze of being a teenage sensation, a prodigy.

dhruv and ishan are definitely the fun uncles in this dynamic. dhruv has the teammates at rr + yashu's best friend connection with vaibhav, and ishan has the fellow bihari + shubh's best friend connection.

grandpa virat and grandpa rohit are thrilled that their babies shubman and yashasvi have now adopted a baby of their own and promptly give yashman a crash course in "how to parent a professional cricketer who is actually a baby." 🤣

them playing international matches together omg 🥹🧿 having massive partnerships and vaibhav just leaping into yash's arms at the other end when he scores his debut century for india and then into shubh's when he gets back to the dressing room.

vaibhav plays cricket for a good 5/7 years after yashman retire and both of them are his biggest supporters in the commentary box. 🥹