Return of the 'wrong-footed inswinging menace': Virat Kohli's three overs of pure joy in Bengaluru

On the eve of India’s clash against South Africa in Kolkata on November 5, his head coach had referred to him as the ‘wrong-footed inswinging menace’. Over the last ten days, in Mumbai and Kolkata and for large periods on Sunday night in Bengaluru, chants of ‘Kohli ko ball do’ reverberated around stadiums. Rahul Dravid had admitted that India were ‘very close to throwing the ball to him’ in the previous game in Mumbai, but it wasn’t until the final fixture against Netherlands at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium that Rohit Sharma acquiesced, summoning Virat Kohli to the bowling crease.