Since Dravid Chappell took over, the mantra has been 'youthenize the team' - but they have managed only to 'euthenize the team'.
They have given up the valuable and experienced players - Kumble, Laxman, Ganguly, Zaheer Khan etc and instead filled team with Kaif, Raina, RP Singh et al.
Today other than Tendulkar, Dravid and may be Yuvraj somewhat, Harbhajan - though still not very consistent , Agarkar are the only players with some experience to their name.
Without right mix of experience and youth, it is difficult to see Indian team as world-beaters. The acclaimed Australian team has average age of about 32. Look at this below :
