KOLKATA: It was a period in play when fully grown adults made funny sounds because of the tension unfolding on the tele. It was a period in play when the hoi polloi -- and many thousands had started congregating outside the Eden Gardens from as early 8.45 AM -- fully immersed themselves, gave in to what was happening in the middle. It was a period in play when scribes kept pushing the restroom break because...

Chasing 124 on a treacherous Day Three surface, the hosts, effectively 38/4 as Shubman Gill wouldn't be available to bat, needed a moment of calm or they were in danger of being swallowed by a whirlpool. When they had arrived at the Stadium on a mild winter morning a few hours earlier, they were in control of the Test. The visitors were 93/7 on a very helpful surface for all bowlers

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