India, Feb. 10 -- Class always outs. Sometimes, it might take a while, like it did with Rohit Sharma, but 'a while' is very subjective, isn't it?

How long can 'a while' be? Less than four months, in Rohit's case. But it's been a difficult, demanding, trying four months where the runs simply wouldn't come in Test cricket, whether he opened or batted at No. 6, never mind if it was against the red ball or the pink.

The string of poor scores blinded several to the class of the man, but the veil of apprehension and skepticism was emphatically ripped to shreds at the Barabati Stadium on Sunday night. Rohit chose a packed house in Cuttack to remind the Doubting Thomases of the permanence of class, with a throwback to the Rohit the cricketing p...