The best Indian ODI team ever (as on 14th March 2009)

Take these statements- “It is the best batting line up I have ever been part of- Sachin Tendulkar”; “MSD’s team best in the world- Chandrashekhar”. Leave these quotes let’s take some facts and figures- “The player with highest scores in ODI as well as in Test matches with maximum number of centuries in both the forms”, “The player smashing six sixes in one over”, “the player hitting fastest century by an Indian”, “The player with maximum score in an ODI as a wicketkeeper”- all of these among a numerous records holders belong to the current team India. Let’s take a cumulative record- 12 wins in 13 consecutive matches.
I personally believe this is the best Indian team ever. Under the leadership of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, this team has accomplished all the assignments only to strengthen my belief. And very soon the team India will become officially number 1 team by ICC ranking.
This team India consists of some great players and many match winners. Cricket specialists are not hesitating to ask if Virender Sehwag is the best batsman. Sehwag is the only current player scoring two triple test centuries. Now he is the fastest Indian to score an ODI hundred and the fastest in world to score a triple century in a test match. He is undoubtedly the bravest batsman as he is fond of completing his ton with a huge six. With a strike rate of more than 100, his fear among bowlers can be understood with ease. So, can I dare to say that the debate of who is the ‘biggest’ batsman starts from comparing two ‘little’ greats of current team India? The second one is of course Sachin Tendulkar, holding virtually all batting records of ODI and Test cricket.
Apart from Sehwag and Sachin, the aggressive Gautam Gambhir, Confident yuvraj Singh, the batsmen with all gear Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Rocketing Suresh Raina and hot hotter Yusuf Pathan make the batting line up the best in the world. Although, the Indian team batting has always been good in papers but probably for the first time these ‘Kagaj ke sher’ are roaring in thye field as well.
Among the bowlers Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma are among the most respected bowlers by current best batters in the world. Harbhajan Singh easily qualifies among top there off spinners. Overall it’s a well balanced team. Indeed!I salute the discipline and hungry for win attitude of the current team India. Here I am wishing the team all the best for being best team ever in the world of cricket. Let me conclude with a quote- ‘Luck favours the brave’.