It was a moment, last Sunday, India vs New Zealand, as Virat carried us to victory, on his shoulders, bounding up and down, a man machine run chaser, when he took off his  helmet, in triumph, I had an insight, 80 per cent of our team looks similar—all Kohli acolytes… identical beards, similar haircuts, worked -out bodies, aggressive street fighting dispositions… KL Rahul, Jasprit, Jaddu, Siraj, Shreyas, Shami—Cut from the same cloth, in the same shadow.

And in the middle of this frenzy, the circus that is the World Cup, the intense noise, icons-turned- commentators venting, Bishan Singh Bedi, passed away. The Sardar of Spin, perhaps the greatest left arm spinner of all time, breathed his last. A unique man, the Sikh, dressed in white, sporting either a light blue or light pink turban, clapping his hands, that relaxed action, allowing him to bowl all day, had left the “building”.