There was a time and not long ago, the Indian team set-up was incomplete without the presence of Jadeja and Ashwin in the team in all three formats of the game. However, after the Champions Trophy final debacle, the team management decided to jettison them from the abridged version of the game and put their trust on the wrist-spinning duo of Kuldeep and Chahal. The young duo, who started their career by playing 20-20 version of the game in the IPL, rose to the occasion and made sure that the senior pairs' absence was not felt at all. The duo have put forward a terrific performance in the ongoing six-match ODI series against South Africa as well and shared 21 wickets of the total 28 wickets at an unbelievable average of 9.05. Prasad stated that he was not at all surprised with the performance on the South African soil and added that their belief vindicated to produce results in the overseas conditions. 

"We have 6-7 good quality pacers, a person who has scored a triple-hundred in Test (Karun Nair) is waiting in the wings. Similarly, we thought of increasing the spinners' base. Fundamentally, we started off with an idea to increase the variety in our spin department. And time and again they have proved us right," the 42-year-old said.

Team India stepped their foot on the South African soil with the hope to win their first-ever Test series in the African nation but they ended the three-match Test series on the losing side. In many occasions, Indian batsmen failed to show their fighting spirit but throughout the three-match sojourn across the lengths and breaths of South Africa, it was the Indian bowlers, especially the pacers, who kept the hope alive. Prasad praised their performance and believes that the experience will help the side in the upcoming foreign tours.

"This series could have gone either way. We have taken 60 wickets and that's a wonderful thing. There are quite a few things that we have learnt from SA tour in terms of how to approach an away series, the preparation part of it.

Virat Kohli and the management faced criticism for their move of including Rohit Sharma in the first two Tests over India's best overseas batsman Ajinkya Rahane and dropping in-form Bhuvneshwar Kumar for the second game. Prasad stated that the team knew what is better for their game and also praised the team’s spirit and claimed that for players, the result is more important than their places in the side.

"It's easy to talk from outside. What is best for the team at that given point of time, that's what the team management decides on. Maybe at that point oftime the team might have thought, going by form, going by the wicket and maybe going by the combination that we are looking at. The beauty of the team is that these boys are ready to sacrifice their places for the sake of the side," he added.