5 Underrated Indian players who can hold the key against South Africa

5 Underrated Indian players who can hold the key against South Africa: Just a fortnight to go and India will be playing a limited over series against the best team in the world, South Africa.

Now, there haven’t been many teams who have performed well in India. Not even the sub-continent teams find it easy to defeat India in their own back yard. But, South Africa are one of those sides who are well equipped to challenge India in any conditions.

With spinners like Imran Tahir who is good enough to exploit the turning wickets and world class fast bowlers in Dale Steyn who will reverse the ball in these conditions; not to mention the batting force that includes AB “Superman” de Villiers and Hashim Amla, and we are in for a treat of a series.

Keeping that in mind, we tried to analyze 5 Underrated Indian players who can hold the key against South Africa:

5. Bhuvneshwar Kumar

You would probably wonder why an accomplished bowler like Bhuvi is a part of this list of the under-rated players, well ask yourself, when was the last time Bhuvi was a regular member of the side? Against Sri Lanka? No; Against Bangladesh? No; In the World Cup? No; Against Australia? No!

The point is, cricket is a funny game and it doesn’t take long for a fan to forget about a player, doesn’t matter how good he is. Fast bowlers like Umesh Yadav, Varun Aaron, Mohit Sharma and Mohammed Shami have, of late replaced Bhuvi in the Indian line up and now it’s time for the “king of swing” to take back his rightful place. If Bhuvi can cause some damage to the Proteas’ top-order, it could only help our chances going forward.