When an era ends, it brings with it the hope of an exciting future, but also a certain trepidation. How will the new order shape up? How long will the period of transition last? Will the tomorrow match up to the yesterday?

These questions were uppermost on Indian minds ahead of the tour of England in June, India’s first foray into Test cricket since the retirements of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma from the five-day game. Despite his diminished returns in his last five years in red-ball action, Kohli will go down as one of the great batters of his generation. Rohit might not fall in the same league as his predecessor as captain, but finding a second wind as opener from October 2019, he had a brilliant run until a string of failures since September last year potentially hastened the end.

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