Dusk brought drama to the Wankhede Stadium. The evening was unfolding smoothly for India—New Zealand bowled out, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill batting without ado—when the script turned awry, leaving the contest on a knife edge. In the space of 10 wild minutes, Jaiswal reverse swept to his doom, the night watchman Mohammed Siraj survived a lone ball, miserably burned a review and Virat Kohli ran himself out for a non-existent single, the slinging, sniper-eyed throw of Matt Henry stranding him despite a full-stretch dive. From 78/1, India stumbled to 86/4 in 11 balls. The pendulum swing shocked the spectators. Even after the players retreated to the dressing room, they lingered on in disbelief, before they headed to the exit doors. Three favourites of theirs had returned to the pavilion. Even Ravindra Jadeja, when asked about the meltdown, joked that he didn’t have the time to process it. There was a farcical nature to it. Until that moment, Jaiswal was raising the spirit of the crowd, batting with the maturity of a veteran, dousing every …