There is a particular sound that follows Virat Kohli to the crease at the Wankhede. It is not quite a roar; it is a collective intake of breath. On Friday evening it arrived in the 13th over, with India 72 for 1 and the chase beginning to lean.
What followed was an innings of small, deliberate corrections. Kohli left more balls outside off than he has in any ODI this year. He played five consecutive dot balls to Adam Zampa without apparent frustration. And then, when the field pushed a fielder back to deep cover, he threaded the next ball through the gap for three.
The dismissal — bowled by a Zampa googly that skidded under the bat — will sting. But the innings offered a useful reminder: for a batter in search of rhythm, the score is not always the story. The shape of the innings is.