Yashasvi Jaiswal averages 36.15 in 22 Twenty20 International innings, at a wonderful strike-rate of 164.31. In his last nine innings, he has slammed three half-centuries and three other scores of 30-plus. Two of his last three knocks are a 21-ball 40 and a 15-ball 30, both on spin-friendly slow burners in Pallekele. Eighty-two of 440 T20I balls faced have been dispatched to the fence and 38 have scattered spectators in the stands; on average, he hits a boundary every 3.67 deliveries.

No T20s for Jaiswal in a year

Collectively, these paint the picture of a complete, destructive, modern-day T20 opener. And yet, the 23-year-old from Mumbai hasn’t represented the country in the 20-over format for 13 and a half months now.