4 Lessons that the current Indian team can learn from the Indian team of 2000's

#4 Selecting specialists for the test squad

Anil Kumble

Lately, the Indian team has been guilty of selecting players like Pandya, Dhawan and Rahul on the basis of their T-20 form, which has proved disastrous considering their performances lately. Mixing two formats has never been prudent as a player needs different skill sets for both these formats.

The Indian team of 2000's had some Test specialists like Laxman, Kumble and Zaheer, who kept on playing Tests even after getting dropped from the one-day sides. These players were highly successful Test cricketers.