Overview
- Ravichandran Ashwin asked head coach Gautam Gambhir and the management to give Washington Sundar clear role definition and to bowl him out in ODIs.
- Across the first two matches against South Africa, Sundar delivered only seven overs and went wicketless.
- Sundar was used in the middle order with returns of 13 and 1, including batting at No. 5 ahead of captain KL Rahul in the opener.
- Ashwin questioned India’s finishing options in Hardik Pandya’s absence and suggested Nitish Kumar Reddy as a like-for-like fast‑bowling all-rounder.
- India lost the second ODI in Raipur, with the series now set for a decider at the ACA-VDCA Stadium on December 6.