Dear 'Jinks' Rahane. Hope all's good in Ceylon. I truly enjoy your batsmanship in test cricket, as much as I used to 'Jammy' Dravid's. The hard work and hunger for runs you 'shy guys' exhibit, is awesome. And yet, it's the 'show ponies' like the Sharmas — Rohit, Ishant and Mr Anushka Sharma — who always grab the headlines. I feel it's time you too become a diva. Seriously. All this gentle unassumingness, this 'he's a team man' nonsense, this 'loyal servant of India', will not get you far in this new order of cricket. Why be a loyal servant when you deserve to be a lord?

Illustrations/Uday Mohite