In this no-money tabletop exercise, a run can be complete in your private sorting area without being placed in a shared table area. The key distinction is between organising cards for your own worksheet and publicly laying down a combination during a live hand.
The rule distinction
In the documented Paplu variant, combinations stay concealed until declaration (Pagat’s Indian Rummy rules reference). Therefore, finishing a run changes how you classify your cards privately; it does not create a reason to move those cards into a public meld area.
Worked hypothetical: turn 2
Hypothetical practice position: At turn 2, your cards include the two of clubs, the three of clubs and the four of clubs. Sort these three cards together in your private group as a possible run. Do not place them in a shared meld area, because this exercise represents the concealed arrangement used before declaration.
On paper, draw a boundary between your private area and the shared area. Move the three labels together inside the private boundary, leaving the shared area empty. The visible change on this teaching sheet is organisation, not an announcement to other participants. Use labels rather than an actual live hand, so the demonstration exposes nobody's concealed cards.
Private sorting versus shared display
A private sorting zone answers, “How might I organise this hand?” A shared table area answers, “What has been formally exposed during play?” In this Paplu exercise, the first is appropriate at turn 2; the second is reserved for the declaration stage described by the chosen rules.
This prevents a worksheet mistake: seeing a completed run and treating it as an announced combination. The cards may be neatly grouped for checking while remaining part of the concealed hand.
How to use a training worksheet
A training worksheet may show every card, including the two of clubs, three of clubs and four of clubs, so a learner can practise recognition. That visibility is a teaching choice, not evidence that a live player has exposed the run. Before practice, label the ruleset clearly as Indian Paplu and compare it with any other rummy variant separately; do not assume their display procedures match.