Pandya in place of Rayudu would give better chance to win such matches! You may call Pandya, Shankar, etc, as bits & piece cricketers, but they seem to do better than specialists at least in one department! This is the current trend (scoring/chasing 300+ in ODIs), every time you can't expect the bowlers to restrict opponents with assistance from pitch (anyhow they can still do that even without full bowling/batting unit! On their day Our Top 3 can score 300+ even without specialist batsmen from No.4 on flat pitches, our Top 3 bowlers can restrict opponents below 200 even without regular No.4 & No.5 bowlers with assistance from pitch!), you have to first prepare for the 300+ template because that's what is likely to happen in crucial matches! (WI chased down against India & England in T20 WC because of this factor!)