With first Test ton since 2019, a Kohli message: His story still in the making
IND vs AUS: ON A strangely overcast day, about an hour after noon, with Virat Kohli on 99 and Nathan Lyon starting a fresh over, the clouds miraculously parted for the sun to shine over the giant bowl of the stadium. The stage was set for the world to see Virat Kohli in a better light.
Those in the higher tiers ran down the stairs for a closer view of Kohli reaching a Test hundred, the moment for which India had waited for three-and-a-half years. Fearing that the daring among the frenzied crowd might jump over the fence to give Kohli a bearhug, the security staff, with their walkie-talkies held close to their mouths, stood in attention. Close to 45,000 had opted to spend their Sunday at the Narendra Modi Stadium with the hope that Kohli, unbeaten on 59 at stumps on Saturday, would score...