India vs Australia 2017: 5 things we learned from the series

#4 India’s squad depth is second to none

Even without some of their key players like Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadej and Shikhar Dhawan, Team India found their bearing and never looked like they missed a particular player. And this was largely because of the fact that they found a player every time the situation demanded one.

A couple of months ago, after success in Sri Lanka, Kohli had claimed that it was the squad depth that was the team’s biggest strength. If anything, that claim found further backing in this series as the likes of Ajinkya Rahane, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel all stood up and performed exceptionally.

There is competition for every position in the line-up and the players are actually thriving from this competition. They know they have to perform to stay in the team, and that drives them to give their best.