In December 2013, India were faced by an odd situation on their tour of South Africa. During the abandoned third ODI in Centurion, the cheeky host broadcaster played video footage from the first game - of deliveries that Virat Kohli copped on his ribs - on the giant screen. There were even reports - denied later, of course - of a miffed BCCI pulling up the broadcasters for it.
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With the major tournament away, it gives you an opportunity to test your bench strength, try out fringe players - Kohli. © Getty
If the intention was to lightly mock and point fingers at Kohli's fallibility against the likes of Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel on lively pitches, it proved to be an exercise in futility. Six days later Kohli returned to Johannesburg as a more enlightened batsman - one who grasped the need to adjust. What followed was the finest example of what even a little bit of acclimatisation can do. Kohli went from scoring an
