Kolkata, May 6 -- Is Indian T20 batting as good at the backend as they are at the top? For years Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have adapted to the format while MS Dhoni, followed by Hardik Pandya have provided exhilarating finishes. With time more intent has been welded in, so much so that now we have a supply line teeming with uncapped talent. To the already explosive top-order now add the promise of Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh. But who takes over as finisher in the longer run? Rinku Singh has been at the forefront of this debate, shuttling between No 4 for India and No 5 or 6 for KKR. Tilak Varma has done well at No 5 in the IPL but he too has been tried more often at No 3 for India. Dhruv Jurel has been tapped, along with Riyan Parag and Washington Sundar. Rahul Tewatia was in the picture for a while but with the emergence of the likes of Ashutosh Sharma and Shashank Singh, the race has intensified. This IPL should have given more clarity but it seems we still have more questions. At the heart of it is the conundrum over what exactly a finisher must ideally offer-a high strike rate or the mental edge of actually finishing chases consistently. To curate the batting on those lines is the most important aspect here, something Rahul Dravid believes isn't easy. "The performance matrix for someone batting at No.5 (or below) has to be very different," the RR head coach said in an interaction facilitated by the broadcasters recently. "If you get only 15 balls, how do you compare that with someone who starts the innings and gets 60 balls? It's never a like-for-like comparison." Dravid's team has been stung more often by Indian finishers not coming good, most recently in Sunday's game against KKR. The chase was Riyan Parag's to finish but he stumbled once he entered the 90s. As an impact sub, Shubham Pandey was frustratingly slow before throwing caution to the wind in the last over but it was too late by then. It only adds to the narrative that maybe Indians don't have what it takes at this level. The overall numbers of the last three IPL seasons too suggest the same, with Rinku as the only Indian featuring regularly in the list of finishers doing well either in the lower order or in the death overs, setting or chasing totals. And he hasn't been at his best in two of those three years now. Some franchises had delegated the duty to a group of assigned finishers. Mumbai Indians had Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard and then Varma in finishing roles. Rajasthan Royals' finishing revolved around Shimron Hetmyer, Parag and Jurel. Gujarat Titans had Hardik, as well Tewatia and David Miller at the same time. LSG had started out with Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran and Deepak Hooda batting in floater roles, catering to the probability that almost always one among them would finish the game....