The pictures had floated around the media, but the man in person, kicked off the mania. Virat Kohli lifted a routine Delhi Ranji Trophy tie against Railways out of its mundane existence, as 15,000 fans turned up at the Kotla on a Thursday morning to watch him in first-class cricket, his first outing since 2012. A fan invaded the pitch within the hour, and chants rung from the Delhi metro onto the ground, as authorities had to scramble to accommodate more people in the stands. Early on the late January morning, the Violet Line of the Delhi metro, leading upto the Kotla, was jam-packed with the coaches vibrating with chants of RCB, RCB. Story continues below this ad Tejas, a third year law student, donning Royal Challengers Bengaluru jersey, was carrying three bottles of water and wrapped sandwiches and joked, “We are here to watch the Indian Railways play.” His friend Nirvan, who came all the way from Sonepat using some choicest Delhi slang, blasted his friend, “We are only here for one guy. Virat …