5 players who were unlucky to miss out on India's T20I squad to face South Africa

Washington Sundar

Washington Sundar impressed on T20I debut

Having made his ODI and T20I debut against Sri Lanka, Washington Sundar would have wondered if he had done enough to retain his place in the side. The nature of the surfaces in South Africa meant that India just went with their first-choice spin trio of Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav.

That meant that the 18-year-old all-rounder, despite his impressive T20I debut and recent performances for Tamil Nadu in T20s, missed out on the T20I squad to face South Africa. In the recently concluded Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, which was won by Delhi, Sundar finished with 12 wickets in 9 matches at an economy rate of under 7.

Sundar, who will play alongside Virat Kohli at Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2018, has to wait a little longer to play under the Indian captain.