The cricketing world has seen a lot of great test teams. We’ve also seen how great Graeme Smith’s South African side was. Smith holds the world record of the highest number of wins in test matches as a captain with 53 wins. The team captained by Steve Waugh is considered the most successful team in history with 41 victories, lost 9 and 7 games were drawn giving him a superb win percentage of 71.92. Here we go Sunil Gavaskar labels Virat Kohli in the history of cricket
West Indies Clive Lloyd side was inevitable. During his captaincy the side had a run of 27 matches without defeat, which included 11 wins in succession. Everyone have their own favourite side but Indian Legend Sunil Gavaskar hails Virat Kohli’s side to be the best ever.
Sunil Gavaskar Compares Virat Kohli’s Side With The Greatest Test Sides
According to Indian batting legend Sunil Gavaskar, this Indian team is consistently doing well against the best in the world. He mentioned captains like Steve Waugh, Clive Llyod and Viv Richards in comparison. Gavaskar also pointed out that this team has won everywhere. The Indian team has won Tests in South Africa and England while winning series in Australia, West Indies and Sri Lanka.
“It certainly is, look at the way they are consistently, regularly, winning matches and therefore. You know with Steve Waugh’s team in the 90s. Then you look at 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 which is as good as West Indies and Australia in its history perhaps. In the 1970s through 1980s also some teams won consistently. This team has won everywhere,” Gavaskar said on Star Sports.
Gavaskar believes that it was a great achievement to have won against an Australian team with 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.
Virat Kohli’s side had played 60 matches, winning 35 matches and lost 15 matches in total. Virat Kohli will be remembered for winning it all over the world. This Test teams will go down as one of the best in history and stats speaks for itself.
