Is this really the best Indian team in the last 15 years?

#3 The middle-order

Pujara, Kohli and Rahane have been permanent fixtures in the team

In the middle order, we have Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, and Sourav Ganguly compared to the likes of Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane and Rohit Sharma.

Although it might seem slightly unfair to compare the two (given the wealth of experience on one side), the current middle order has been on multiple tours already and has been a constant fixture for a long time now.

And if we compare both the middle-orders then again it's a no contest of sorts. Barring Virat and maybe to an extent Pujara after his current showing in Australia, there's hardly been anyone who has consistently performed well overseas. In fact, if we look back at only this year's record if not for Virat the complete middle-order has been pretty mediocre whenever it has played outside India.