This Indian team could be 'the greatest ever', says Sunil Gavaskar

The current Indian team could go down as the greatest Indian ODI team ever, thinks former India captain Sunil Gavaskar. 

Gavaskar, talking to NDTV, said that the current Indian team definitely has the characteristics to go down as the greatest Indian ODI team ever by the time they finish. He, however added that comparisons between teams of different eras are not quite correct.  

Gavaskar said, "The balance is so good. The batting is right down to number 8 or 9. You have bowlers who can bowl, whatever, whenever they are asked and therefore, I think you take all aspects into consideration and you know that this is a really, really special team, captained by a very special player."

Comparing the tour of Sri Lanka to the current series, he said that while the 5-0 drubbing that India gave to Sri Lanka was against a very weak team, this Australian team is an experienced team.

"The fact that in all three games they (Team India) were put under pressure, which never happened apart from one game in Sri Lanka, when Dhoni and Bhuvneshwar Kumar took them home, over here in all three games they were put under some sort of pressure but to come through that pressure and go on to win easily is the hallmark of a great team, a champion team," Gavaskar added.