5 players who have performed better in Test cricket under Virat Kohli than MS Dhoni

#3 Umesh Yadav

Yadav's consistency has made him a better bowler under Kohli than Dhoni

There is an image of Umesh Yadav that always come to mind when you first think of him, which of him rattling Ricky Ponting's middle-stump at Perth on his first tour to Australia.

One hoped that under Dhoni, he would have been able to produce more such moments, but they came few and far between. Under his leadership, he played 10 matches and took 40 wickets at an average of 31.14 and strike-rate of 45.7, but under Kohli, he has picked up 52 wickets in 24 matches at an average of 39.44 and strike-rate of 71.7.

The key difference in him under Kohli has been his control. He's been a lot more consistent with his lines and that is evident from the drop in the economy rates. Under Dhoni, he went at 4.08 while that has dropped to 3.29 under Kohli, indicating that when he isn't taking wickets, he is building up the pressure for others to take wickets from the other end.

India would do well to keep him fit for he could be a handful in conditions where the ball decks around a bit.