In a series where India went heavy on experiments, a total of 15 players featured across the three games. Surprisingly, Virat Kohli was the only one who had no part to play with either bat or ball: he did not get a chance to bat in the first match, the only game that he played in the series.

Here is how each Indian player who contributed with either bat or ball fared across the three-match ODI series.

Ishan Kishan – 9/10

184 runs @ 61.33, SR: 111.51, 3 fifties

Kishan was the best batter in the series across the two teams, scoring a fifty in each of the three games. He finished with 184 runs, while the next highest scorer in the series had nearly 60 runs fewer. Each of his three fifties came at at least a run a ball. He might well have booked his spot in the team for the World Cup.

Shubman Gill – 7/10

126 runs @ 42, SR: 80.25, 1 fifty

After struggling in the first two ODIs, Gill finally got going in the third, scoring 85 off 92 balls. He started slow as Kishan took the centrestage early in the innings, but soon found his rhythm and looked in ominous touch before being dismissed. After failing to score big in both Test matches and making 7 and 34 in the first two ODIs, Gill will be pleased to go into the T20I series with some momentum.

Hardik Pandya – 6/10

82 runs @ 41, SR: 112.32, 1 fifty
1 wicket @ 68, ER: 4.97

Leading India in the last two ODIs after Rohit Sharma decided to rest himself, Pandya did not have any impact with the bat in the first two ODIs before scoring an unbeaten 52-ball 70 in the third to propel India past 350. He opened the bowling in all three games as well. While he was tight and economical, he didn’t create a lot of chances as is reflected in his wickets column.

Sanju Samson – 6/10

60 runs @ 30, SR: 100, 1 fifty

Samson played the last two ODIs. After scoring a painstaking 19-ball 9 in the second game, he came out all guns blazing in the third, carting leg spinner Yannic Cariah for two sixes in the first four balls he faced. India were in a good position when Samson arrived, and he carried the momentum forward. He reached his fifty off 39 balls but fell soon after, but not before staking a claim for the backup batter’s spot in the World Cup squad.

Suryakumar Yadav – 5/10

78 runs @ 26, SR: 97.50, 0 fifties

Suryakumar had a tough time in the series. He started off at No.3 in a small chase, but couldn’t manage to see it through as he fell for a 25-ball 19. Pushed back down to No.6 for the last two ODIs, he got starts in both the games, making 24 off 25 and 35 off 30, but was unable to capitalise and make it past fifty in either as his struggles in the ODI continued.

Ruturaj Gaikwad – 2/10

8 runs @ 8, SR: 57.14, 0 fifties

Gaikwad played only in the third match of the series and made a mess of his opportunity as he was dismissed for just eight, having come in at No.3 with a solid platform laid for him by the openers. He got out edging to first slip off the bowling of Alzarri Joseph.

Ravindra Jadeja – 7/10

34 runs @ 34, SR: 69.38, 0 fifties
3 wickets @ 30, ER: 5.29

Jadeja had a stellar first game, picking 3-37 with the ball and arresting a collapse with the bat with a 21-ball unbeaten 16. He did not have much impact since then, failing to pick a single wicket, though at 4.81, he was at his usual economical self. A good batting performance in the second ODI, where the team was in trouble, would have made for an ideal series for Jadeja.

Axar Patel – 2/10

1 run @ 1, SR: 12.50
0 wickets @ INF, ER: 2

Axar played just once and failed with the bat. Promoted to No.4, he fell trying to fend off a short-pitched ball from Romario Shepherd. While bowling, he gave away four runs in two overs without picking a wicket, so not much there.

Shardul Thakur – 9/10

8 wickets @ 11.62, ER: 5.31
17 runs @ 8.50, SR: 65.38

Thakur was brilliant with the ball across phases, finishing with eight wickets, the highest by any bowler across teams. His best figures – 4-37 in 6.3 overs – came in the third ODI. He could not get going with the bat, but his impact with the ball was enough to get him the joint-best rating.

Kuldeep Yadav – 9/10

7 wickets @ 8.71, ER: 3.21

The second-highest wicket-taker, Kuldeep was nearly unplayable for the West Indies batters. He picked a wicket every 16.2 balls, and went for under 3.5 an over. After having endured a tough period after the 2019 World Cup, his return to peak form just before the 2023 edition augurs well for the Indian team.

Mukesh Kumar – 8/10

4 wickets @ 17.25, ER: 4.60

In his first ODI series, Mukesh impressed with his control of swing and seam with the new ball. He had a quiet start, picking just one wicket from the first two games, but came into his own in the third game where he prised out three of the top four batters with classical dismissals.

Jaydev Unadkat – 7/10

1 wicket @ 16, ER: 3.20

The third match was Unadkat’s first ODI since 2013, but he was on the money right from the start, hitting the hard lengths and constantly asking questions to the West Indies batters. He got Keacy Carty to edge to first slip. It remained his only scalp, but his tight line and length meant that the host batters could not get away, and he finished with 5-0-16-1.

Umran Malik – 2/10

0 wickets @ INF, ER: 7.33

Umran had a terrible series. Not only did he fail to pick up a wicket across six overs in the first two games, but he also went at more than seven an over. With Jasprit Bumrah and Prasidh Krishna returning from injury, he might just have harmed his chances of making the World Cup squad through this performance.

Rohit Sharma – 6/10

12 runs @ INF, SR: 63.15, 0 fifties

Rohit played only the first game of the series where he came out to bat No.7, almost reluctantly, after India had exhausted all other batting options except Kohli. He took India to victory with a 19-ball 12 before resting himself for the last two games to give chance to the fringe players.