Sam Konstas – 6/10

113 runs @ 28.25, 1 fifty, HS 60

Konstas was brought in as a replacement in the fourth Test and had immediate impact, rattling Jasprit Bumrah and the Indian attack as a whole with his funky shots. The teeager lived by the sword and died by it across the four innings he played, but created the required impact at the top of the order despite looking ungainly and engaging in needless exchanges at times.

Nathan McSweeney – 2/10

72 runs @ 14.40, HS 39

The first of the three Australian debutants in the series, McSweeney was thrown at the deep end when he was asked to open despite primarily being a middle-order batter. Against a fire-breathing Bumrah, McSweeney struggled for three games before he was dropped. He did, however, manage to put in a vital contribution of 39 under lights in the first innings of the pink-ball Test.

Usman Khawaja – 3/10

184 runs @ 20.44, 1 fifty, HS 57

Bumrah had the left-handed Khawaja’s number throughout the series, accounting for his wicket six times. He looked better against the other bowlers, but overall had a disappointing outing, managing to go past 50 only once.

Marnus Labuschagne – 5/10

232 runs @ 25.77, 3 fifties, HS 72

Labuschagne came into the series with poor form. After a difficult start at Perth, he found some rhythm at Adelaide. He managed three scores of fifty-plus, but wasn’t anywhere close to his fluent best.

Steve Smith – 7.5/10

314 runs @ 34.88, 2 hundreds, HS 140

Smith scored two hundreds in the series after having not scored one in the format for 1.5 years. He played around with his technique before settling with one that worked in the latter half of the series. Apart from the two tons though, which came at relatively easier batting conditions, he only managed only one 20-plus score in seven attempts.

Travis Head – 8/10

448 runs @ 56, 2 hundreds, 1 fifty, HS 152

Head was the leading run-scorer of the series and India’s primary headache with the batonce again. Both his hundreds came at cose to a run a ball. There was also an 89 in the second innings of the first Test at Perth. He did taper off in the second half of the series though, scoring only 56 runs in five innings.

Mitchell Marsh – 2/10

73 runs @ 10.42, HS 47
3 wickets @ 46.33, ER 4.21, BBI 2-12

Marsh was mostly a passenger in the side with the bat, while his fitness didn’t allow him to bowl long spells with the ball, forcing Australia to drop him for Beau Webster for the SCG Test. His best time in the series came in the second innings at Perth where he scored 47. Apart from that, he was dismissed for single-digit scores on each of the six occasions he came out to bat.

Beau Webster – 8/10

96 runs @ 96, 1 fifty, HS 57
1 wicket @ 53, ER 3.11, BBI 1-24

Webster had a phenomenal debut, replacing Marsh as the all-rounder at No.6. On the spiciest deck of the series, he first scored a calm, composed 57 which took Australia closer to India’s total, before closing off the tricky chase with a counterattacking 39 not out. He was accurate with the ball as well, with only Rishabh Pant able to score freely off him during India’s second innings.

Alex Carey – 6/10

216 runs @ 30.85, 1 fifty, HS 70

Carey got crucial runs lower down the order for Australia and was dismissed under 15 only once out of the eight times he batted.

Pat Cummins – 9/10

159 runs @ 19.87, HS 49
25 wickets @ 21.36, ER 3.19, 1 five-for, BBI 5-57

Cummins led from the front in every department. He was the second-highest wicket-taker of the series behind Bumrah, and scored more than 150 runs with the bat. Having already won the ODI World Cup and the World Test Championship as captain, this was the one trophy he had missing from his arsenal, which he now has his hands on.

Mitchell Starc – 7/10

97 runs @ 13.85, HS 26
18 wickets @ 28.66, ER 3.36, 1 five-for, BBI 6-48

Starc had his best Test series against India, blowing more hot than cold. The most striking feature of Starc in this series was his accuracy, something he is not particularly known for. As he always does, Starc had a ball in the day-night Test, picking his career best figures of 6-48 in that game.

Nathan Lyon – 6/10

9 wickets @ 36.88, ER 2.70, BBI 3-96

Lyon had very little role to play in the series with pitches being seam-friendly throughout. In the limited time that he got to impact the game with the ball, Lyon did a decent holding job while picking the occasional wicket.

Josh Hazlewood – 8/10

6 wickets @ 17.83, ER 1.97, BBI 4-29

Hazlewood played a Test and a half before walking off with a calf strain at Gabba. He was at his usual best for the limited time he was on the field, going at under two runs an over in an otherwise quick-scoring series.

Scott Boland – 9/10

21 wickets @ 13.19, ER 2.72, 1 five-for, BBI 6-45

On numbers alone, Boland was as impactful as Bumrah in the series. He played three Tests, Australia won each of them, giving rise to conversations around whether he deserves a spot in the first-choice XI, perhaps breaking the Cummins-Starc-Hazlewood monopoly.