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

#5 Ravichandran Ashwin

Ashwin has been a revelation in the last few seasons

Perhaps, the most improved cricketer on this list. When Ravichandran Ashwin's career finishes, he would not be wrong to say he had a greater impact as a bowler while playing under Kohli, even though it was Dhoni who helped him settle down in Test cricket during the transitional phase that came in Indian cricket a few years ago.

The numbers reflect that, too. Under Dhoni, Ashwin played 22 matches and took 109 wickets at an average of 28.77 and a strike-rate of 59.8 while under Kohli, he has taken 193 wickets in 33 matches at an average of 23.13 and strike-rate of 48.3.

While most of his wickets under the latter have come in sub-continental conditions, there is a marked difference in the manner of dismissals. Like Jadeja, Ashwin, too, has looked to get the batsman by making him drive, looking to toss the ball up above his eyeline, making it to dip and deceive him with that whereas, under Dhoni, those aspects did come to the fore but not with the level of consistency that one would have hoped to see as it seemed evident that he tended to experiment a lot more rather than put more faith in his off-spinner.

He, too, has been preferred only in red ball cricket and will have a big role to play in the longer format of the game next month.