If it was the turn of young turk Shubman Gill to make a statement on Saturday, then Sunday was all about the old warhorse. In an admirable display of mind over matter, Virat Kohli produced his most meaningful knock in the last three years, an eight-and-a-half-hour epic in which he travelled through the gears to give India a whiff of a chance in the final Test.

For 23 Tests since his 27th century at the Eden Gardens in November 2019, Kohli had unsuccessfully tilted at three-figures. On the penultimate day of the four-match Test series against Australia at the Narendra Modi Stadium, he finally reached the Promised Land, his awe-inspiring 186 forming the basis on which India erected a monumental 571.