Hyderabad: It wasn't that long back when Rishabh Pant loomed as the natural successor to Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Fearless, dynamic and enterprising, the young man from Delhi cut a dashing figure in front of the stumps and a competent one behind it, appearing set for a long stint across formats.

Cricketing scripts, however, don't always pan out as per expectations. And thus, Pant now finds himself pushed to a corner.