Stranded on 99 as hopes of a marquee series victory went up in smoke last summer, there was never much chance of England allowing recent history to repeat on Jonny Bairstow this week.
So it is, that in Dharamshala from Thursday, despite a quiet tour to date, he will become the 17th Englishman to win a 100th Test cap, and do so bristling with perhaps more pride than any of those before.
