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Check out his recent scores in domestic cricket -- a 353 against Karnataka, 167 against Mumbai, 179 against North Zone, 217 against West Zone, an unbeaten century for Rest of India versus Karnataka... He had got them against the best of the domestic attacks. Beginning sometime on the evening of the second day, he faced up to the most successful international attack in contemporary cricket -- and batted on. And on. And on.