Sunil Gavaskar Claims Current Test Team is India's Best Ever Test Team
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Former India batsman Sunil Gavaskar has referred to the current Indian Test side under Virat Kohli as the best ever, saying that the stunning bowling attack makes the team more balanced than it was earlier.
Under Virat Kohli’s guidance, India reached the top of ICC Test rankings and currently at number one in the World Test Championship standings as well.
"I believe this team is the best ever Indian Test team in terms of balance, in terms of ability, in terms of skills, in terms of temperament. Can't think of a better Indian Test team," Gavaskar said during the 'India Today's e-Conclave Inspiration series.
Gavaskar also said what is the strength in the current set up that helps the team win matches on any surface no matter what the conditions are.
"This team has the attack to win on any surface. It doesn't need any help in conditions…they can win on any surface. Batting-wise there were teams in 1980s that were pretty similar. But they didn't have the bowlers that Virat has," the former captain said.
He further said, "Definitely without a question, India has got such a varied bowling attack today and that is so essential. There is a saying that 'if you don't take 20 wickets you won't win a match'.
"We have got the bowling to take 20 Australian wickets on 1 run less than what India has scored," said the batting legend, who amassed 10122 runs from 125 Tests between 1971 and 1987.
While India have always had quality batsmen and spinners, it has been pace attack that has evolved over the years and helped India win. The pace attack includes Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav and Bhuvneshwar Kumar has become the world's top team in recent years.
Meanwhile, seeing the current batting line-up, Sunil Gavaskar said that this Test team can score more runs than the likes of Australia, which is considered as one of the best in world cricket.
"You need to score runs also. We saw that in England in 2018. We saw that in South Africa in 2017 when we went there. We got 20 wickets every time but we didn't score enough runs. "But now I think we have also got the batting to be able to score more runs than Australians," he concluded.
