Apart from Kohli, four other Indians who were picked in the ICC's Test and ODI Teams of the Year.
As India retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy with a 2-1 win, Rohit Sharma and Australia skipper Steve Smith agreed the outcome of the Delhi Test sealed the fate of the series.
Josh Hazlewood took four wickets and their openers comfortably chased a modest target.
Shubman Gill smashed a career-best 128 and Virat Kohli regained his form to fuel India's robust reply
'As a South African team, we know we're going to have that chip on our back, or that narrative that we have to get over'
They will, however, only be able to join their respective franchises after Australia play their lone T20 match against Pakistan on April 5.
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index of World Cup 2023 after the first 12 games.
IMAGES from Day 2 of the fourth Ashes Test between England and Australia at Old Trafford in Manchester on Thursday.
Hosts India will have the upper hand if the tracks are rank turners in the upcoming Test series but Australia will win on 'fair' pitches, said former wicketkeeper Ian Healy.
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index after 23 World Cup 2023 games.
Astronomical Rs 24.75 crore bid makes Starc most expensive player in IPL history
Steely Smith sees Australia to series win against England
'The Ashes are on the line here, if that is not motivation, I don't know what is.'
Gavaskar said it is difficult to find faults in a batter who has been dismissed off the first ball thrice
Australia's top order fired in unison to secure a six-wicket win over England with Dawid Malan's career-best 134 for the tourists in vain as in the first one-day international on Thursday.
Australia leave India with the world number one ranking in one-day cricket and will return to the subcontinent for this year's World Cup with confidence after edging the hosts 2-1 in the series.
In the latest ICC ODI Rankings, Mohammed Siraj was dethroned from the top as he slipped to third place, while Josh Hazlewood climbed to the top.
Following India's ODI series loss to Australia at home, head coach Rahul Dravid has his task cut out with the ODI World Cup set to be held at home later this year.
Australia laboured to a modest 263 all out on the opening day of the second Test against India in New Delhi
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index after 29 World Cup 2023 games.
Australia's assistant coach Dan Vettori said it was a "tactical decision" not to field fast bowler Mitchell Starc in his side's narrow win over Afghanistan at the Twenty20 World Cup as the defending champions' semi-final hopes hang in the balance.
India are chasing a victory in Ahmedabad to confirm their place in the final of the World Test Championship against Australia in June.
Ravichandran Ashwin becomes leading wicket-taker in Border-Gavaskar Trophy history
Left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc is likely to miss Australia's upcoming limited-overs series against India due to injury, according to reports.
Starc will travel to Adelaide with several other members of the Australian side and the Indian team on a charter flight
IMAGES from the match between Australia and The Netherlands, played in New Delhi on Wednesday.
More than 110,000 people are expected on the opening day at the world's largest cricket stadium
Australia have won only four Test series in India in three quarters of a century of touring the country, the last coming in 2004.
Australia are going to wear an Indigenous-themed kit for the first time.
Images from the 2nd One Day International between India and Australia at the Holkar Stadium in Indore on Sunday, September 24.
With batsman Steve Smith and all-rounder Cameron Green in reserve in the squad, some pundits had called on Australia to make changes for the next Super 12 game against former champions Sri Lanka in Perth on Tuesday.
Australia's blockbuster four-Test series against India will be the greatest challenge Pat Cummins has faced in his young captaincy as he looks to conquer the "final frontier".
Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav and bowling coach Bharat Arun celebrated their birthdays together .
As much as Ishan Kishan has done his bit, India will need Iyer, the proverbial slayer of spin bowling in the middle overs during the World Cup.
'We need to look after each other during these difficult times.'
The Australia team has come in for criticism from former players over various issues including their approach and selection.
Former Australia captain Ian Chappell feels the potency of Australia's pace attack in English conditions gives them the edge in next month's World Test Championship final against India, who could be "badly affected" by the absence of injured Jasprit Bumrah and Rishabh Pant.
Images from Day 1 of the third Test played between India and Australia at the Holkar Stadium in Indore on Wednesday
Australia opener Marcus Harris was dropped from the Test squad and replaced by Queensland batsman Joe Burns for the upcoming two-match series against Pakistan.
'You saw how far down he was ... That's just absolutely taking the mickey. That's not just taking off before I bowl it. He was a metre down the wicket.'
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