India, May 11 -- Auqib Nabi returned to the Delhi Capitals Playing XI against Punjab Kings, and boy was he fantastic. However, the fact that the match was played in Dharamsala helped him a lot. The pitch was doing a lot for fast bowlers, and Auqib made the most of it. It was exactly the kind of wicket that propelled him to national stardom in the Ranji Trophy. All he had to do was bowl a Test-match line, and he did exactly that.

In his previous three matches, he was taken to the cleaners at an economy rate of 13.43. For a bowler who has been tipped to be the next big thing in Indian bowling, that was a big disappointment. But on Monday night, the 29-year-old set several things to rights.

It was gladdening to see him go past the bats of ...