Parthiv Patel, on his return to the Indian Test team after eight years, had kept wickets for 94 overs and then scored a gritty 42 to lead India's response to England's 283 in Mohali.
Patel was dismissed after 26 overs of resilience and old school grit. For connoisseurs of Test cricket, it was almost heartbreaking. A special innings was in the making, India was en route a strong platform and a great comeback was being scripted.
For, the fall of the second Indian wicket in Test cricket can only one thing in the post - Sachin Tendulkar era: it's Virat Kohli's turn to bat.
And when Kohli walks out to bat at home, the ground erupts. Who cares what Patel did or how many he got or how stirring his comeback story could have been? Even before the Gujarat southpaw had walked out of the field, chants of 'Kohli, Kohli' filled the stadium.
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