: Two Alpha Males and The Test: A day in nets for Centurion Kohli and Captain Sharma #IndiaNEWS #Sports Mohali: Two men at the peak of their careers and separated by a year. Supremely successful, insanely

Two Alpha Males and The Test: A day in nets for Centurion Kohli and Captain Sharma #IndiaNEWS #Sports
Mohali: Two men at the peak of their careers and separated by a year.
Supremely successful, insanely wealthy, and achievers in their own right with manic followers growing exponentially with each passing day.
But 48 hours before Virat Kohli gears up to play his landmark 100th Test and Rohit Sharma walks out from the PCA Stadium pavilion in a navy blue India blazer for the first time, they simply looked like two men possessed and intensely focussed to make their milestone moment special.
While social media went into a frenzy before BCCI allowed crowd for the momentous occasion, there were not even 10 people around when the Indian team bus entered the stadium premises on Wednesday.
Yes, there are billboards and cut-outs around the stadium but how many people will turn up on a warm Friday morning when India open a two-match series against Sri Lanka could be anybodys guess crowd allowed or not.
Inside the cauldron were two men one aged 34, who has basically turned the corner in traditional format in such a whirlwind fashion that he has now become the undisputed leader of men, making a mockery of perceptions.
Rohit Sharma, in his own way, proved that perceptions are just that perceptions.
One could even imagine that wry smile for all those who thought that he is just another white-ball bully.
Within a few yards of him was a mega-star, who is best described as a Test cricket devotee. Ian Chappell recently urged Kohli to take the lead in saving Test cricket.
Not more than 20 odd people were witness to what an intense practice session looks like where the two stars took multiple turns to bat various nets throwdowns, spinners, pacers, and net bowlers.
If Rohit would tuck Shami off his hips, Virat would bring the cover drive against Mohammed Siraj out of the closet.
They batted at different nets at different times. There was a delivery from Siraj that could have got any batter.
Pitched on length and moving enough to send Kohlis off-stump for a walk. The stump cart-wheeled and pierced the back net. Kohli walked back and picked it up.
Suddenly the urgency in his stride increased and the next ball was hit for a cover drive.
Some 30 yards away, quietly watching the former skipper was his one time deputy. Captain Sharma kept a hawk eye on the proceedings, having himself batted close to 45 minutes.
In between, he came out and twice was seen tonking rookie left-arm spinner Saurabh Kumar.
As Rohit was going through the paces, one saw a relaxed Kohli having a chat with batting coach Vikram Rathour and Ravindra Jadeja, sharing a hearty laugh, something that that told that he is absolutely relaxed and in a great mind space.
In between, he was seen watching Rohit leave some of Jasprit Bumrahs balls and Mohammed Shamis express deliveries outside the off-stump.