MELBOURNE:
With 31 runs in six innings across three Tests, the Indian skipper's tally is just one more than Jasprit Bumrah's series wicket-haul of 30. The clamour for Test retirement have reached a crescendo and Sydney could be his final port of call in whites but he doesn't want to go out without a fight.
Where does he stand as a batter and as a captain? What is his frame of mind? The questions are many but the answers are not so simple.
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