India, Jan. 27 -- For over a decade, Sanju Samson has remained one of Indian cricket's most fascinating contradictions - a batter of rare elegance and undeniable talent, yet one whose T20I career has been marked by puzzling inconsistency. His recent poor run - scores of 10, 6 and 0 - in first three games against New Zealand also paints a sorry picture.

His forgettable form becomes more stark when his nearest competitor Ishan Kishan's midas touch has mesmerised the fans and pundits alike. There is a distinct difference between statistics and data and one often confuses the two as one. While the former gives a linear picture, the latter tries to get the trends by digging into the former.

In 55 T20Is in 11 years, Samson has managed 1048 ru...