India, Jan. 1 -- A snapshot of Rishabh Pant's white-ball career since his miraculous comeback from a road accident throws up an interesting number. Outside the emotionally charged rebound that culminated into his 2024 T20 World Cup participation straight out of recovery and rehabilitation spanning more than a year, Pant has played exactly three more white-ball matches since that final in Barbados - two T20Is and an ODI in the low-key tour of Sri Lanka where Gautam Gambhir had taken over as head coach of India.

With just another bilateral series set to be played at home, this is a significant number to mull over in the context of the selection meeting scheduled to happen soon. Should Pant continue to be part of the wider conversation rega...