New Delhi: India fields an XI that is capable of defeating any team in the world, despite the absence of the majority of their first-choice players. That is the level of Indian cricket at the moment. Many people think India is capable of selecting two teams of the same caliber.

Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, and the rest of the upcoming generation of Indian cricket players can all be seen in one picture. All of this is mostly true, but it's also true that India hasn't won an ICC trophy in more than ten years despite having a wealth of talent at their disposal.

They haven't actually won a multi-nation competition since 2018. Their final multi-nation tournament was the Nidahas Trophy in 2018, and their most recent ICC victory was the Champions Trophy in 2013 under MS Dhoni.

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This is not to imply that India hasn't made progress. They made it to the finals of the 2017 Champions Trophy, the 2014 T20 World Cup, and two back-to-back World Test Championship finals in 2021 and 2023.

Daren Sammy, a former all-rounder for the West Indies who has won numerous world championships, agreed that India has a wealth of talent but also made note of their empty trophy cabinet.

"When you the see the players they’ve been able to produce, Hardik Pandya, (Yashasvi) Jaiswal all the guys they produced over the years but you must also remember who’s winning the international tournaments," Sammy told journalist Vimal Kumar.

The two-time T20 World Cup champion captain praised India's domestic cricket system for producing players who are world-beating in every category.

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"Like I said, Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Sanju Samson who didn’t play, he’s been performing. Hardik Pandya who’s young but he is seasoned in the team. Again, it speaks of the system they have that keeps producing these youngsters," Sammy added.

Indian cricketers Yashasvi Jaiswal, Mukesh Kumar, and Tilak Varma made their international debuts during the current West Indies tour. Sammy was particularly taken aback by Jaiswal, who scored 171 in his first Test, despite the fact that all three of them gave noteworthy performances.

"Jaiswal has 1800 runs in first-class cricket in nine matches, nine hundreds, and then he comes to Dominica in his debut game, and he looks like he belonged at the international level. That comes from the standard of first-class cricket in India that is allowing the youngsters, when they come in, to be ready for international cricket," Sammy said.

In the third game of the series, Jaiswal made his T20I debut as well. He was unsuccessful, but the left-hander is predicted to improve quickly. He will have another chance when India plays the fourth T20I in Florida on Saturday in an effort to tie the five-match series at two games each.

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