Raina (with some blessings) vs. Kohli

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Indexed  May 28, 2011

This wasn’t a mere IPL game, there was a context to it, and I was awake to it - it struck me when the CSK chase appeared asleep. Suresh Raina seemed much older, even restrained, far more determined than his already exaggerated high standards in the IPL – it was then that it hit me, this wasn’t just two teams playing, this match had a subplot, Raina vs. Kohli. Going by the lot on offer, one of these two (add Gambhir for good measure) must have very serious captaincy aspirations.

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