The notion of balance between bat and ball in a T20 contest is like logic in a Bollywood potboiler. It simply isn’t there.

Particularly on flat pitches and small grounds, ubiquitous as they are in this part of the world, a T20 game turning into a six-hitting duel can be a run-of-the-mill occurrence. It is more a reflection of the reality than a condemnation of the shortest format, for it would be disingenuous to expect equilibrium between bat and ball from a genre that was designed to feed the onlookers’ ostensible thirst for fours and sixes from its very inception in 2003.