Australia vs India 2019: 3 big takeaways for the Indian team from the ODI series triumph
India have started there year on a great high, defeating Australia in Australia, in both the Test and the one-day series. With this series win, the Indian team will be riding on their confidence going into the next series against New Zealand and in the subsequent World Cup that follows in a few months time.
The ODI team has brought in some good results and solved some of the major headaches that the team management carried into this series. Though a perfect World Cup XI is nowhere nearly found, but some slots seem to have been booked by certain players.
Coming back to the series win Down Under, India has won the series with a result similar to that of the Test series, that is 2-1. This result came in the absence of Jasprit Bumrah, the head of the pace department.
Defeating Australia in Australia, in the absence of your strike bowler, speaks volumes about the backup resources that the Indian team possesses. India will be going home with a wide smile on their face, because they have answered some of the major questions regarding their team combination.
Here is a look at some of the biggest positives that India would have been proud of when they lifted that trophy.
#3 Bhuvneshar is back
Bhuvneshwar Kumar came back from a potential injury scare to be the pick of the bowlers in the Indian team, taking 8 wickets at an astounding average of just over 17. He was the highest wicket taker of the series, and will be high on confidence when he takes the field in New Zealand.
He is someone who is surely going to make it into the World Cup squad of India. His fitness and performance were areas of major concerns for the team management. But with this performance, he has put those concerns to rest.
If 'Bhuvi' is able to continue with this fine form and can show some consistency till the end of the IPL, he could be very lethal for any team in England, come the World Cup 2019.