- Young Indian spinners performing well
The senior spinners, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja were rested for ODI series. Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, and Axar Patel did an excellent job. In the first three matches, Kuldeep Yadav and Chahal bowled with great control, taking 13 wickets. Defending 253 in 2nd ODI at Kolkata, Kuldeep Yadav took a hattrick while Yuzvendra Chahal also bowled to trouble the Australian batsmen. Kuldeep Yadav was smashed for 75 runs in the third ODI at Indore but picked important wickets of well-set batsmen of Aaron Finch and Steve Smith.
In the final ODI, Axar Patel also bowled well taking 3 for 38 and was named a man of the match. It was a brilliant performance by young Indian spinners to make a case in the ODI team.
