Ruturaj Gaikwad says he was "pretty much confident" of adapting to the No. 4 position despite having never batted there previously in 50-over cricket. Before the South Africa series , Gaikwad had batted 86 times in List A cricket but never below No. 3.

He started the series with 8 off 14 balls in Ranchi before scoring 105 off 83 balls in the second ODI in Raipur , which he said was "definitely" his best innings across formats and levels.

"[The team management] told me that I would be batting at No. 4 this series," Gaikwad said after the match. "I feel it's a privilege to have that kind of confidence from the management towards an opener. So I took it that way.

"In the one-day format, even when I was opening the innings, I always tried to make sure that whenever I was set, I was abl

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