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In 2019 New York City, a young man buys a book called Jersey from a bookstore but gives it to a woman who came to buy the book. When the woman asks him the reason why he gave her the book, the man replies that the book is on the life of his father Arjun.
The man gets a call and a woman on the other end tells him that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is going to honor his father at a public event.
In front of a large crowd at the event, where his mother and his father's friends, BCCI officials and former cricketers were present, Nani after receiving his father's India national cricket team jersey with Arjun's name on it Told the biography of his father.
In 1986 Hyderabad, Arjun is a highly talented Ranji (first-class cricketer) player who is in love with Sara. When Arjun was repeatedly refused to play in the Indian team due to selection politics, he left cricket. He is given a government job under sports quota, but loses the job when he is accused of bribery.
10 years later in 1996, 36-year-old Arjun is unemployed and his wife Sara keeps scolding him for not consulting a lawyer to get his job back since he is innocent. His seven-year-old son Nani, who plays for their school cricket team, asks Arjun for an Indian jersey. Arjun learned that the jersey cost ₹500, and despite having no money, he promised his son that he would gift him the jersey on his birthday. Arjun eventually seeks advice from a lawyer to make up for losing his job, but is told that unless he pays the lawyer, he cannot get his job back. Left with no option, Arjun asked his friends for money to buy the jersey but could not succeed.
Arjun's former coach Murthy came to him with a request to play in a charity match planned between the Hyderabad cricket team and New Zealand. Arjun has been promised ₹1,000 as match fee and a job as an assistant coach based on his performance. Arjun plays the match and performs brilliantly in the match, but misses out on winning. Later, he learned that there was no match fee as it was a charity match. A journalist, Ramya, is at the match and photographs Arjun's performance. When Nani harasses him for the jersey on his way home from the match, Arjun slaps her in frustration.
Realizing the depth of his son's love, Arjun decides to play cricket again. Assistant coach Murthy was shocked at first but later supported him. Arjun participates in the Hyderabad Ranji team selection trials and is dismissed by the Karnataka coach due to his age. Eventually, an article by Ramya convinced her and Mumbai coach Atul to give Arjun a chance. Based on some stellar performances as a batsman, despite his age, he was selected to play in the Ranji team. Arjun began representing the team and played exceptionally good cricket. Despite his success, Sara is not happy and wants him to give up cricket and return to his mundane existence as a food inspector. Seeing his performance, his estranged father meets him and offers to pay the lawyer a fee of ₹50,000 to reinstate Arjun's job. Arjun tells Sara that he is constantly told that he is incapable of doing anything, but now he has discovered his true identity again and he expresses his fear and anger after hearing his wife's suspicions on him. Is. At the end of the semi-finals, Arjun experiences chest pain, but insists on winning the match. Later, her doctor advises her to get several tests done, which Sarah tells him they do not have the money to pay for. Arjun considers retiring from the team, but asks Nani whether he should play or not, and her son encourages him to play. In the final, when the Hyderabad team is stuck in a difficult situation, Arjun single-handedly leads the team to victory, but immediately after the match, he himself becomes unconscious.
In 2019, the adult Nani (the person who initially bought the book) and Sara were invited to Arjun's felicitation ceremony at a hotel. The book of Arjun's life was written by journalist Ramya, who basically followed Arjun's impossible journey. Nani receives a gift, the Indian jersey which was awarded to Arjun by the BCCI, as Arjun was selected in the Indian team based on his performance that year. Nani also emotionally tells that she had asked this to her father 23 years ago and their love was so pure that even after so long, her father kept his promise. Nani reveals that Arjun died in the hospital of heart failure 2 days after the Ranji final. During a private conversation with Arjun's doctor at Arjun's felicitation ceremony, Nani learned that Arjun was suffering from a heart disease called arrhythmia, which caused irregular heartbeats. Arjun came to know about it when he was 26 years old, this was the real reason why he left cricket, but he never told anyone about it including his wife. Nani reveals that Arjun is a true yo
