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

All-rounders

Pandya showcased another facet of his batting in this series

Hardik Pandya - 8/10

As far as Hardik Pandya is concerned, the ODI series against Australia will probably be best remembered as the one in which he thrived when he was given additional responsibility. After a match-winning 83 in the opening ODI at Chennai, Pandya was promoted to No.4 for the third and fourth ODIs.

While he has consistently been amongst the wickets since the start of his ODI career, the 23-year-old hasn't enjoyed similar consistency with the bat until this series. The all-rounder from Baroda finished with 222 runs and was third among Indians, after the two openers in terms of most runs scored in the series. With two fifties and a 41 in the four innings that he batted, to go with his six wickets, it certainly was a complete performance from Pandya.

Kedar Jadhav - 7/10

While Pandya was the star who grabbed all the headlines, Kedar Jadhav was the silent assassin who crept in while no one was looking and did enough with both bat and ball to cement his place in the side, even if just for the upcoming series.

Scores of 40, 24, 2, 67 and 5* could be construed as his ability to get off to a start and not convert but that is also a product of where he bats in the line-up. As Dhoni's career has shown, it is not always easy to score hundreds batting at No.5 and No.6. However, it was with the ball where he continued to be incredibly economical, showing just how much of an all-round threat he is, even on non-threatening surfaces.