India may be in mourning at MS Dhoni’s abdication from the throne but once that period of respectful mourning has passed, it is time for renewal and rejoicing. The man will forever be an Indian legend but when the time comes, let it stand still for no man, especially not for a captain who has clearly grown weary of a job that he was ill-suited for away from home.

His final day at the office was symptomatic of all that ails Indian Test cricket on tour. With the game intriguingly poised and all three results possible, he began the day with no slip fielders and a defensive ring, as if waiting for Steven Smith to hand him a declaration that his talented young bucks could run down. He could not have got it any more wrong, not when his team were two-nil down and needed to make all the running, if nothing else, to show the Aussies that India were prepared to come to the party. Why would the Aussies, having controlled the game and with the Border-Gavaskar Trophy virtually in the cupboard, give India a target that they weren’t prepared to work for?