India, April 23 -- Rishabh Pant shouldn't be about numbers. He shouldn't be about centuries and fifties, about averages and strike-rates because, well, he is Rishabh Pant. The maverick, the moody genius, the destroyer of reputations and spirits, the man who can make the impossible appear ridiculously straightforward.

But such is the nature of the cricketing beast that it is by numbers that he, like all other batters, will be measured. Especially in the 20-over game, those numbers are transposed to impact, to the influence one has on outcomes of matches.

Viewed against that backdrop, Pant will be first to concede that he has been a singular letdown. He has not just let himself down time after time, but he has also let his teammates down....