It’s a near-tragedy that the best batsman on display in this edition of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy has not tasted victory in the series. And the manner in which the Sydney Cricket Ground pitch is playing, there won’t be a champagne time at all for India who have already lost the series 0-2.

India’s new Test captain Virat Kohli has been sensational this Australian summer and fully deserves to be spoken of in the same breath as other top performers on Australian soil like former captains Greg Chappell, Sunil Gavaskar, Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar.