i am a certified australia fan
you overestimate the indian cricket fan. not everyone here suck sachin's ****. i dont give a shite what he was and what he is. he did nothing for india. could not win a single world cup for india. made millions for himself. just that. he is a professional cricket player who gets paid for his job. and currently he is getting grossly overpaid for the kind of work he is doing.
You might have a different view on sachin....a single man cant win the WC or series as its a team game and every body needs to perform.......
I personally feel that if lara and sachin are rated very high by many its just because the quality of bolwing attack they faced........
ahem. india has the best batting line up on paper since many years now.
it's the captain which makes a lot of difference.
you are forgetting the IPL league. shane warne led rajasthan to the trophy. do you think the team rocked?
A good case study the diffference is the guys performed in that team and in our indian team it has not performed...........

. I can bet you again that Rajastan Roayls will not win again in next edition of IPL...............i would say that they will not even come to semifinal itself......
One more casestudy my friend India's 20/20 WC win also..........no one expected india to win as i believe they did not even play a single 20/20 match