Washington Sundar has been among the many all-rounders on the coronary heart of the controversy surrounding India’s strategy underneath head coach Gautam Gambhir, with quite a lot of former gamers flagging the dearth of readability he has over his function, notably with the bat. India assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate has nonetheless mentioned that the current tough trip has had little impact on Sundar’s mindset.
“No, it gained’t have an effect on his confidence, he’s had an excellent 12 months, much more within the final 16 months. He has performed some good cricket within the two video games the place he hasn’t given up,” Ten Doeschate advised reporters on the eve of the decisive third ODI between India and South Africa.
The Dutchman mentioned that Washington continues to be studying the ropes in relation to batting within the dying in ODI cricket. He fell for simply 13 runs within the first ODI and for one within the second. In each matches, India slowed down signficantly with the bat in the direction of the tip of their innings after a powerful present within the center overs, powered largely by Virat Kohli who scored centuries in each matches.
“I believe Washi continues to be studying in relation to batting, it’s changing into a really specialised function now coming in late overs, and there’s sure issues he needs to work on,” Doeschate mentioned throughout the pre-match press meet forward of Saturday’s series-deciding third ODI right here.
Nevertheless, Washington has additionally been disadvantaged of standard bowling within the white ball codecs. He has performed simply 5 ODI in 2025 and bowled his full quota of 10 overs in just one match. Doeschate provided a motive for that.
“I believe in relation to a finger spinner you at all times must get match-ups for a left-hander, right-hander and primarily Washi is likely one of the six bowlers,” Doeschate mentioned. “Washi and Jaddu (Jadeja) are the three spinners together with Kuldeep. There’s at all times going to be…..in these circumstances notably, we’re not not going to bowl greater than 20 overs of spin,” he added.