Sunil Gavaskar described the current Indian Test side under Virat Kohli as ‘the best ever’. He said that the lethal bowling attack makes of the squad it more balanced than the teams of earlier eras.
Under Kohli, India has reached the top of ICC Test rankings and the team is currently at number one spot in the World Test Championship standings. The first Test series win in Australia in 2018-19 tour is the highlight of the team’s success.
“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.
Gavaskar complimented the team’s “varied bowling attack”, stating that it can win matches on any surface.
“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.
Gavaskar further talked about the world-class bowlers India current has. He 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”.
The 71-year-old Gavaskar said that the current Indian Test team can score more runs than the likes of Australia.
“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 said.
Gavaskar scored 10122 runs from 125 Tests between 1971 and 1987.