7 Indian players who played in India's last T20I against South Africa in South Africa but are not there this time

4. R Ashwin

Will Ashwin board the flight to the 2019 World Cup next year?

The lone specialist spinner for India on the day, Ashwin proved to be the best bowler on the park for India that day, claiming figures of 1 for 33 in his 4 overs.

Those were testing times for him as a bowler as he was trying to cement his place in the side ahead of an out-of-favor Harbhajan Singh and the Tamil Nadu cricketer endured mixed times with the ball in hand.

While in the next few years he did improve splendidly and became a permanent fixture in the side across all formats, his stocks as a limited-overs bowler have taken a serious dent in the last 8-9 months.

While he hopes to remain in contention for a World Cup berth next year, it will be interesting to see how the management fit him and Ravindra Jadeja in the setup.