India bounced back well to win the Tests at Bengaluru and then at Dharamsala to ensure that they regained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, winning the series 2-1.
Hodge came under fire on the subcontinent for his conjecture about Kohli's injury-enforced withdrawal from the deciding fourth Test against Australia, which ended on Tuesday.
Ajinkya Rahane performed the duties in his own quiet way, a contrast to the usually animated Virat Kohli on the field.
"To see an Australia team on the back foot against fast bowling is a great sign. Umesh Yadav, to me, is the find of the season." - Sourav Ganguly
KKR assistant coach Simon Katich today said too much should not be read into it the aggression displayed by both India and Australia in the hard-fought series.
Virat Kohli is right, he is happy with the team's No. 1 ranking but his job begins now.
Head Coach Brad Hodge and bowling coach Heath Streak will join the Gujarat Lions team by March 31, while Ravindra Jadeja and Brendon McCullum, are expected to reach Rajkot by April 2.
Mitchell Johnson did not stop there and also hit back over Virat Kohli's recent comments about friendship with Australian players.
One can't take away anything from Cheteshwar Pujara's staggering 1316 runs from 13 games with four hundreds.
The BCCI's media team had uploaded the video where it was seen that while Ravindra Jadeja was batting, Matthew Wade was constantly trying to sledge him from behind the stumps.