The problem with India is that its bowling line up is very weak. India is not a long term no. 1 team, according to Ian Chappel. Which I think is a fair enough assessment. It may be no. 1 according to the rankings, but as far as substance is concerned there's no clear no. 1 team. It will be interesting to see how India copes with the inevitable retirements of Sachin, Dravid, and Laxman. Sachin and Dravid are nearly 38 years old and Laxman is over 36. These guys have been doing a lot of heavy work.
Test
SR Tendulkar (India) 2010
Mat--Inns-NO-Runs--HS--Ave----BF----SR---100-50
14----23--3--1562-214-78.10-2794-55.90--7---5
VVS Laxman (India) 2010
Mat--Inns-NO-Runs--HS--Ave----BF----SR---100-50
11----18--4 --939--143*-67.07-1812-51.82-2---7
V Sehwag (India)
14 25 2 1422 173 61.82 1566 90.80 5 8
R Dravid (India)
12 20 2 771 191 42.83 1730 44.56 3 1
MS Dhoni (India)
13 19 1 749 132* 41.61 1350 55.48 1 4
G Gambhir (India)
10 18 2 524 116 32.75 877 59.74 1 4
Player Mat Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 5 10
Z Khan (India)
9 311.5 62 1033 47 7/87 10/149 21.97 3.31 39.8 2 1
Harbhajan Singh (India)
12 612.0 103 1750 43 5/59 8/123 40.69 2.85 85.3 1 0
I Sharma (India)
11 323.4 56 1240 33 4/43 7/58 37.57 3.83 58.8 0 0
PP Ojha (India)
9 504.4 103 1439 33 4/107 7/204 43.60 2.85 91.7 0 0
If India won 8 and lost 3 this year if our bowling is weak then how we won this...
Don't think Yuvraj can become a good player at test level. He's played nearly 40 tests I think and has failed to establish himself. That's more than enough time to established yourself.
Raina OTOH has time but will have to change his batting very quickly otherwise he will go down Yuvraj's route too.
The other players are more interesting though. Pujara, Vijay, etc might be good test players in future. Let's see how their careers turn out.
Yuvraj Singh
Mat--Inns-NO-Runs--HS--Ave----BF----SR---100-50
34----52--6--1639-169-35.63-2782-58.91--3---9
he a good player but with out consistency is the problem,
even the first few years for Sachin, Dravid, Laxman, Gunguly goes wrong they have the will to over came...its up-to them