One Day Internationals (ODIs) is certainly not the flavour of the season. With the T20 World Cup barely a week away, the three-match ODI series between India and South Africa sticks out like a sore thumb. 

The Indian team management, however, has played its cards well and has not involved any of the T20 players in the ODI series, barring three standbys, Shreyas Iyer, Ravi Bishnoi and Deepak Chahar. The trio will get some useful time in the middle before they join the team in Australia after the ODI series concludes on October 11.