Gavaskar backed his words for current Test team with a proper explanation.
India cricket great Sunil Gavaskar made a huge statement for the Virat Kohli-led India Test team. He called them the best Indian Test team ever in terms of skills.
The current Indian Test team has an outstanding bowling attack and a decent batting line-up with skillful batters. Kohli led India to its maiden Test series win in Australia back in 2018-19. Although the Aussies missed two big names from their squad, one can't take away the credit from the Indian team for putting up a great show.
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"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 twenty wickets you won't win a match" no 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," Gavaskar told India Today's, Boria Majumdar.
Currently, the Indian bowling line-up is good enough to be a threat for any team, no matter the conditions. India has already shown it on different overseas tours and Gavaskar can't think of a better Indian Test team.
"This team has the attack to win on any surface. It doesn’t need any help in conditions. Irrespective of the conditions, they can win on any surface. Batting-wise there were teams in the 1980s, that were pretty similar. But they didn’t have the bowlers that Virat Kohli has.
"We have got the bowling to take 20 Australian wickets on 1 run less than what India has scored. 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 added.
(With India Today Inputs)