Following India's 4-1 win over Australia in the recently-concluded ODI series, Indian captain Virat Kohli termed all-rounder Hardik Pandya as the team's "biggest asset" from the series. The 23-year-old all-rounder, who scored 222 runs and took six wickets in five matches, was named the player of the series. Pandya also made his career-best ODI score of 83 in the series.