A standout performance by Umesh Yadav against the West Indies has prompted India skipper Virat Kohli to say that the pacer is a strong candidate for a place in the starting XI during next month's tour of Australia.

Umesh was the wrecker-in-chief in the second Test with match figures of 10/133 which made him the third Indian pacer with a ten-wicket haul in a home Test. The right-armer, who had figures of 6/88 in the first innings, bagged four wickets in the second innings conceding 45 runs and was also adjudged the 'Man of the Match'. "I think it was a standout performance in his career and something that he can build on," Kohli said at the post-match press conference.