IS KOHLI’S TEAM INDIA’S BEST ODI SIDE?

pace and bounce. So should the two wrist spinners have a bad day, like they did during the rain-affected fourth ODI, then the attack looks toothless.

With England hosting the next World Cup in 2019, it could become tricky for Chahal and Yadav to grip the ball in cold conditions, which could be detrimental to the team’s fortunes.

However, I believe the Indian team, who began the journey in 2008 and ended as the 2011 World Cup champions, were a better outfit with plenty of depth in batting and bowling. The strong batting line-up included Virendra Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar and Kohli and all-rounders Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina with skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni at the height of his prowess to give the finishing touches.

The bowling also was well balanced with veterans like Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra and co with spinners Ashwin, Harbhajan and Piyush Chawla giving variety to the attack.

One might argue that Dhoni’s team was successful on Asian wickets, but they also proved that they could win on Australian soil by winning the Commonwealth Bank tri-series apart from winning the series away in Sri Lanka, New Zealand and West Indies while losing to South Africa 3-2.

Though this current team have won all of the last six series, five of them came at home. Kohli’s men will have to survive the litmus test in Australia, England and New Zealand before they can be called the unbeatables.