Following India’s forgettable whitewash in the three-match ODI series in South Africa, legendary Indian cricketer, Sunil Gavaskar has urged the management to look at three players very carefully and groom them to shape the future of Indian cricket. India was outplayed in the first two ODIs in Paarl but put up a much-improved performance in the third ODI in Cape Town, and although the team failed to win the match, a few individual performances impressed Gavaskar.

India made four changes in the Playing XI for the dead rubber. With South Africa having an unassailable lead in the series, India swapped Venkatesh Iyer for Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Chahar for Bhuvneshwar Kumar, R Ashwin with Jayant Yadav, and Prasidh Krishna for Shardul Thakur, and Gavaskar reckons three of these four players need to be out there on the ground rather than warming the benches.

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Passing the talent of Suryakumar, Chahar, and Prasidh, Sunil Gavaskar said, “Definitely. They have only enhanced their claims by the way they played. Yes, it was a dead rubber but for them, it was not. Because for them it was an opportunity to show what they are capable of. And they knew South Africa would be very keen to have a complete sweep of the series. There is no question about it, which is the reason you need to invest in them more.”

Suryakumar Yadav, playing his first match of the tour, looked in great nick scoring 39 off 32 with four fours and one six, whereas Prasidh bowled a phenomenal spell of 3/59 and was the best Indian bowler on show. Meanwhile, Chahar not only picked up 2/32 but scored a scintillating half-century.

Deepak Chahar’s counter-attacking knock brought India back into the match where they gave themselves a real chance of ending the tour on a high. He played a quickfire knock of 54 off 34 with five fours and two sixes before perishing to Lungi Ngidi as India stumbled to knock off the final 10 runs.

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Talking about them further, Sunil Gavaskar said, “Give them the feeling that now they should get more opportunities. That now they belong in the team than being made to sit in the dugout. So definitely these three names ones that you need to look at for the future.”