At 9 am on Tuesday, Pradeep Rana, a Delhi police sub-inspector was shocked by the presence of media gathering outside the Virender Sehwag gate at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. He alerted his superior over the phone: “Sir do log hi hai jyada security lag sakti hai, kuch aur log bhej do (We’ll need more security for today, please send more force).” A few minutes later, the buzz outside the Kotla stadium gathered pace with TV reporters and photo-journalists, trying to get the best shot of Virat Kohli, who entered the stadium in his car. Kohli is playing a Ranji Trophy match for Delhi after a gap of 12 years. Delhi will take on Railways from January 30 in their last group match. Story continues after this ad Delhi’s team manager Mahesh Bhati greeted Kohli outside the Virat Kohli pavilion, handed over a packet and the duo burst into laughter. The jokes between Bhati and Kohli continued for the next three hours. Bhati proudly flexed about the fact that he had known India’s great since his …