AMBATI RAYUDU 8/10

Ambati Rayudu was the marked man for the no.4 spot in the ODI setup but was left out of the England ODI series due to his failure to pass the yo-yo test. Since then, he has been in terrific form, making two fifties in Asia Cup 2018 and now a fifty and a century in the Windies series.

He scored an even hundred and a score of 73 in the series to amass 217 runs in the 4 innings he got to bat. Rayudu’s ability to bat risk-free with a strike rate of around 100 runs/balls has made him an ideal choice for the no.4 spot, something endorsed by the captain, coach, and vice-captain umpteen times.

MS DHONI 3/10

MS Dhoni’s struggles with the bat continued in this series as well, as he made a total of 50 runs with a best of 23 in the series. He took four catches and effected two stumpings. Dhoni was as good as he was behind the stumps; however, Dhoni was a shadow of his former self with the bat and apart from a nostalgia-filled six, he failed to help the team up the ante in the chances he got with the bat.

With him being already dropped from the T20I side for the West Indies and Australia series, it remains to be seen, how much the team can keep up with MS Dhoni the keeper, in absence of MS Dhoni, the batsman.

RISHABH PANT 3/10

Rishab Pant made his much-awaited ODI debut for India but got to play only just two innings scoring 41 runs. He was replaced by Kedar Jadhav for the last two games. Pant might want chances where he gets to bat some number of overs to get his eyes in and then smack the ball all over the park, atleast in the ODIs, but the sparks were seen.

Given that he was chosen as the first-choice wicketkeeper for the T20I series against Windies and Australia, Pant surely sees his stars rising.