India vs Australia 2017: Rating the India cricketers after ODI series

Middle-order

Both Dhoni and Kohli just managed a solitary fifty each in the series

Virat Kohli - 7/10

For the first time since the 2015 ODI series against Bangladesh, Virat Kohli finished a bilateral ODI series without a century. After a duck in Chennai, the Indian captain fell agonisingly short of his 31st ODI century at Kolkata. In the three games following that, he got starts in all of them while never really kicking on and getting a fifty.

Considering his incredibly lofty standards, he will be disappointed with the fact that he didn't even cross 200 runs in a five-match ODI series that saw him average just over 35.

MS Dhoni - 6.5/10

After a stellar year so far, this series was a minor blip for MS Dhoni. While he did score a crucial fifty in Chennai that helped India take a 1-0 lead in the series, his contribution was minimal thereafter. While he did remain not out at the end of one run-chase, he failed in two other innings and didn't get a chance to bat in the final ODI.

Manish Pandey - 5/10

After impressing in the last two matches of the ODI series against Sri Lanka, Manish Pandey played in every match of the series against Australia. Unfortunately, things didn't go according to plan for the Karnataka batsman. While the 28-year-old did see India over the line in two chases, which is arguably his primary role in the side, he also recorded two single-digit scores and had a mixed bag against Australia, against whom he had made an impact last year courtesy of his match-winning century.