04/08/2023
The year is 2018, Edgbaston is the arena, the ghosts of 2014 are still clouding the Indian maestro Virat Kohli who had then mastered every other condition he played in. Up against a rampaging England attack, India lose two quick wickets in space of 4 runs and enters Kohli. There are scores to settle, points to prove and the pressure mounts as India lose another wicket in space of next 5 runs. Anderson and co are asking serious questions. In response, Kohli tames his own ego, though with luck, weathers the storm, and puts behind the ghosts of last time he was here. In this one innings of 149, he surpasses his aggregate of 134 runs which he accumulated on India's last tour of England. The right-hander follows that up with 51 in the second dig. India, though, falls short by a few runs, Kohli proved a point by scoring 200 runs in the match, a place where barely had passed a 50.
