Virat Kohli was not so much lost for words as he was for emotions, when he addressed the press after a shambolic defeat that included India’s slump to its lowest total in Test history. The words streamed out of his tongue like they always do, in a flurry. The gaze was firm and fixed, as it usually is.
The eyes were disturbingly serene. They betrayed no anguish or angst, neither fear nor shock. A sort of expressionless expression, as if tranced in a supernatural incident. As if the mind is frozen.
It was as unusual as Kohli ever had been in his career. He wears his emotions on the sleeve and the eyes
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