India vs Zimbabwe: Five potential Indian prospects for the future

4. Ambati Rayudu

It’s not often that a cricketer puts in about a decade of toil in the domestic circuit before he gets a call up to his national side. It’s not often that a player who played for a banned rebel league, gets picked for his country.

But, that is the story of Ambati Rayudu, a man who has given hope to all those young cricketers working hard in backwaters of India’s domestic season.

After scoring consistently in the domestic season, Rayudu has left no stone unturned to get into the Indian ODI team. Now with this impressive debut in which he scored an unbeaten 63 to take India home in the first ODI, Rayudu should be given enough opportunities to let his undoubted talent shine.