Ah, you just missed a chance to see Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in action in the just-concluded ODI series against South Africa; they have already retired from Test cricket, so it may have been the last chance to see such terrific talent performing at their peak. Exciting and classy stroke players.

Several things, I suspect. Witness low scores in recent Test matches. Pitch curation is hunting for format optimality. The T20 influence: all or nothing. A competitive South African team who can't be bamboozled by googlies beside the Hooghly (pardon my Hobson-Jobson!), so credit where credit is due.

Be here now:
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Take 2:

Every moon, every year,
every day, every breeze.

They go, and they pass.

Also, all blood arrives
at its place of stillness.

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