Virat Kohli. These two words, or maybe, even one of them, have easily become a lifeline for the Indian team. The wily willow wielder has bailed his team out of precarious situations so many times that it's hard to keep track of that growing number. A similar situation arose during Day Two of the first Test against England at Edgbaston on Thursday.

Walking in at 54 for two, Kohli continued to see the back of his partners as India went from 50 for none to 100-5 in the space of 16.2 overs. However, it was Kohli's steely resolve behind all that aggression that powered him to score a masterly 149, a knock that single-handedly pulled India out of the woods and enabled the visitors to bring down their first innings deficit to 13 runs.