Washington Sundar has had to endure a painful five months away from the game due to a finger injury, but the lanky off-spinner in his own admission, used the time off to get better as a cricketer as that was all he could control.

Washington missed out on the T20I World Cup, but R Ashwin’s underwhelming show in white-ball games and subsequent ouster brought him back in the mix as he made his international return with 3-30 against West Indies in the first ODI. “There were a lot of challenges, but I just wanted to do what I could do to improve myself as a cricketer,” Washington said.