India, Oct. 25 -- Over the last few years in the Indian Premier League and in international cricket, the role of a finisher has been applied to a very narrow channel.

Once the term "finisher" would apply to those to who take their team to victory and still be standing at the end of it. For most of the 90s vintage, the first name that would come to mind would be Michael Bevan. To some in India, perhaps Ajay Jadeja or Robin Singh would come to mind. But after Mahendra Singh Dhoni made his India debut in 2004, few batters around the world have embodied the role as well as him.

By the time, Dhoni's international career ended in 2019, the role he had very much made his own had started evolving. The demands of T20 cricket were becoming more e...