The seamless transition of Indian cricket has begun on a promising note with the likes of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ishan Kishan providing much hope during the opening Test in the West Indies. The T20I team, under the leadership of Hardik Pandya, has already embarked on a similar mission.

Ajit Agarkar as chief selector will work in tandem with head coach Rahul Dravid and National Cricket Academy chairman VVS Laxman to provide the perfect pathway for the next generation of players. The India A tours, set to resume soon, would also help in identifying the core group of players.

Captain Rohit Sharma believes that transition will happen in Indian cricket sooner rather than later and the role the senior players would be playing was equally important.

Shubman Gill has taken the No. 3 role occupied by Cheteshwar Pujara after the departure of Dravid, while Jaiswal has almost confirmed his place as an opener.

“It’s a tribute to the domestic system,” Dravid said during a media interaction late on Wednesday. “It’s a tribute to the environment around the team that a lot of young players are able to come in and perform straightaway.

“A lot of credit should go to the domestic system for producing these kind of players, especially in the batting department, and also the relaxed environment the team here has been able to create to allow young players to come and express themselves.

“So it’s nice from our perspective as a coach to see young players come in, perform straightaway and do really well, whether it’s Yashasvi in the last game or the way Shubman has grown over the last six-eight months or the way Ishan (Kishan) came in and kept in the last game on a difficult wicket, he did a really good job.

“So there’s been a lot of young players, we’ve seen even in one-dayers and T20s, who’ve come through and done really well. So yeah, credit to our domestic system, NCA and a lot of other people who can make that possible for us.”

Dravid also had a word of caution for the youngsters. “I know that people like Jaiswal and Gill will be faced with other tougher challenges and more challenges as they go on and they play more cricket. You know, teams will start getting to know them better.

“Today, I think as a young player, once you get known and once you start performing well, teams start planning and preparing for you better, so you need to respond to that as well. So looking forward to that, but really excited to see Jaiswal’s talent.”