India captain Virat Kohli felt man-of-the-series Hardik Pandya emerged as the "biggest asset" for the team after their convincing 4-1 win in the five-match series against Australia. Kohli had special praise for all-rounder Pandya, who scored 222 runs with the bat and also picked up six wickets to emerge as the player-of-the-tournament.

Super player "Hardik Pandya is the biggest asset (from the series). Selection dilemma is always a good headache as a captain because it's always better to have plenty to pick from and take the best 11 possible," the skipper said. Kohli also praised the pace duo of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah for their outstanding performances in the series. "Bhuvi (Bhuvneshwar) and (Jasprit) Bumrah have been outstanding for us. When Umesh (Yadav) and (Mohammad) Shami got their opportunity they were pretty good as well. And those two wrist spinners (Yadav and Chahal) in the middle overs were too very good," he said.