5 Indian cricketers who improved the most during the home season

The long home season for the Indian cricket team came to an end on Tuesday with the hosts winning the series against Australia 2-1. The season saw several Indian players elevate their game and perform and here we look at five players who raised their games and became better cricketers during the course of the season:

5. Bhuvneshwar Kumar

The Indian seamer might not have played every match of the season but in whatever games that he played in, he performed his role to perfection.In the Kolkata Test, he picked up a five-wicket haul to help India take a 2-0 lead.

He played just the solitary Test against England as well as the one-off Test against Bangladesh, creating minimal impact in both the games. He was brought in for the final Test of the series against Australia at Dharamshala and showed little rust despite the long lay-off, claiming two wickets in the game, but most importantly removing the run-machine Steve Smith in the second innings for a low score.

While the stats for Bhuvneshwar may not be too great, whenever he got the opportunity, he bowled at good speeds, swung the ball and looked threatening.

The cricketer has endured a tough time in the past few years and hopefully, 2017 will turn his fortunes, further for the good.