This team has won everywhere: Sunil Gavaskar on Kohli’s Team India

On Wednesday, Virat Kohli equalled MS Dhoni’s record of captaining Team India in the most number of Test matches (60). Under the Delhi-born cricketer’s leadership, India has been a force to reckon with in the longest form of the game. 

Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has praised the Virat Kohli-led side, which has been successful over the last few years. With such instrumental results, Gavaskar sees this team, like the 90s Australia, Clive Llyod's West Indies, who have been dominant forces in the past.

“It certainly is, look at the way they are consistently, regularly, winning matches and therefore. You know, Steve Waugh’s team in the 90s. Then you look at the West Indies team’s dominance under Clive Lloyd and Viv Richards and Brian Lara sort of for a few years. So when you have a team that is as good as the West Indies and Australia in its history perhaps. In the 1970s through 1980s also there were teams that won consistently. This team has won everywhere,” Gavaskar said on Star Sports.

India completed a historic triumph Down Under, where all the critics were given a befitting reply as they beat the side that had the likes of Steve Smith, David Warner, and Marnus Labuschagne.

“In Australia, this time around, Steve Smith, David Warner, Marnus Labuschagne all were there. I think it’s raised the bar considerably. So clearly, yes. This Indian team, when you look at the history of Indian cricket, this Indian team would be the best of them all,” he added.