It was a breakthrough year for Team India as they emerged as the cricketing world's new superpower in 2008 with consistent performances in both Tests and One-Day Internationals.
Gautam Gambhir [Images] was the star performer for India with the bat with more than 1000 runs in both Tests and ODIs, that included three centuries each in both formats.
Harbhajan Singh [Images] ended as India's top wicket-taker in Tests with a tally of 63 wickets in 13 matches, while youngster Ishant Sharma continued making waves as he claimed 27 wickets in 19 ODIs.
A look at the detailed statistics:
India in 2008:
| Mts | Won | Lost | Drawn/NR | Won% |
Tests | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 40.00 |
ODIs | 29 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 65.52 |
T20Is | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
Batting averages in Tests in 2008:
Batsman | Mts | Inns | NO | Runs | Hs | Avg | 100s | 50s | 0s | Ct | St |
V Sehwag | 14 | 27 | 1 | 1462 | 319 | 56.23 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
G Gambhir | 8 | 16 | 0 | 1134 | 206 | 70.88 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
VVS Laxman | 15 | 27 | 4 | 1086 | 200* | 47.22 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 0 |
SR Tendulkar | 13 | 25 | 3 | 1063 | 154* | 48.32 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
RS Dravid | 15 | 28 | 2 | 805 | 136 | 30.96 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 0 |
SC Ganguly | 13 | 25 | 3 | 783 | 102 | 35.59 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
MS Dhoni [Images] | 12 | 19 | 1 | 633 | 92 | 35.17 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 5 |
Harbhajan Singh | 13 | 21 | 2 | 410 | 63 | 21.58 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Yuvraj Singh [Images] | 4 | 7 | 1 | 256 | 86 | 42.67 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
A Kumble | 10 | 17 | 2 | 231 | 87 | 15.40 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
W Jaffer | 5 | 9 | 0 | 156 | 73 | 17.33 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
IK Pathan | 3 | 6 | 2 | 147 | 46 | 36.75 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Zaheer Khan [Images] | 9 | 13 | 3 | 145 | 57* | 14.50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
I Sharma | 13 | 20 | 11 | 118 | 23 | 13.11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
M Vijay | 1 | 2 | 0 | 74 | 41 | 37.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
RP Singh | 5 | 8 | 0 | 51 | 30 | 6.38 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
S Sreesanth [Images] | 3 | 4 | 1 | 50 | 29 | 16.67 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
A Mishra | 5 | 5 | 1 | 42 | 23 | 10.50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
KD Karthik | 2 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 20 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
PA Patel | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
P Chawla | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling averages in Tests in 2008:
Bowler | Mts | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Best | 5WI | 10WM | Avg | SR | RpO |
Harbhajan Singh | 13 | 705 | 105 | 1987 | 63 | 6-102 | 2 | 1 | 31.54 | 67.14 | 2.82 |
I Sharma | 13 | 392.3 | 67 | 1201 | 38 | 4-77 | 0 | 0 | 31.61 | 61.97 | 3.06 |
A Kumble | 10 | 462.5 | 60 | 1430 | 28 | 4-106 | 0 | 0 | 51.07 | 99.18 | 3.09 |
Zaheer Khan | 9 | 309.5 | 60 | 995 | 27 | 5-91 | 1 | 0 | 36.85 | 68.85 | 3.21 |
A Mishra | 5 | 205 | 37 | 593 | 20 | 5-71 | 1 | 0 | 29.65 | 61.50 | 2.89 |
V Sehwag | 14 | 172.5 | 24 | 475 | 15 | 5-104 | 1 | 0 | 31.67 | 69.13 | 2.75 |
RP Singh | 5 | 134.5 | 15 | 610 | 11 | 4-68 | 0 | 0 | 55.45 | 73.55 | 4.52 |
IK Pathan | 3 | 90.2 | 9 | 314 | 8 | 3-54 | 0 | 0 | 39.25 | 67.75 | 3.48 |
S Sreesanth | 3 | 81 | 13 | 274 | 4 | 2-87 | 0 | 0 | 68.50 | 121.50 | 3.38 |
Yuvraj Singh | 4 | 38 | 5 | 122 | 3 | 1-12 | 0 | 0 | 40.67 | 76.00 | 3.21 |
P Chawla | 1 | 20 | 3 | 84 | 2 | 2-66 | 0 | 0 | 42.00 | 60.00 | 4.20 |
MS Dhoni | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1.00 |
VVS Laxman | 15 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0-19 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1.90 |
SR Tendulkar | 13 | 11 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 3.73 |
SC Ganguly | 13 | 28.1 | 4 | 83 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 2.95 |
Batting averages in ODIs in 2008:
Batsman | Mts | Inns | NO | Runs | Hs | Avg | 100s | 50s | 0s | SR | Ct | St |
G Gambhir | 27 | 27 | 3 | 1119 | 113 | 46.63 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 90.53 | 8 | 0 |
MS Dhoni | 29 | 26 | 7 | 1097 | 109* | 57.74 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 82.30 | 38 | 11 |
V Sehwag | 18 | 18 | 0 | 893 | 119 | 49.61 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 120.03 | 5 | 0 |
Yuvraj Singh | 27 | 27 | 4 | 893 | 138* | 38.83 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 100.22 | 5 | 0 |
SK Raina | 19 | 18 | 3 | 680 | 116* | 45.33 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 94.84 | 9 | 0 |
RG Sharma | 28 | 28 | 7 | 532 | 70* | 25.33 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 72.58 | 8 | 0 |
SR Tendulkar | 12 | 12 | 1 | 460 | 117* | 41.82 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 84.25 | 6 | 0 |
IK Pathan | 20 | 13 | 1 | 223 | 38* | 18.58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72.40 | 2 | 0 |
RV Uthappa | 13 | 11 | 2 | 179 | 51 | 19.89 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 65.09 | 4 | 0 |
V Kohli | 5 | 5 | 0 | 159 | 54 | 31.80 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 66.53 | 3 | 0 |
YK Pathan | 12 | 7 | 3 | 96 | 50* | 24.00 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 107.87 | 4 | 0 |
Harbhajan Singh | 19 | 10 | 0 | 82 | 27 | 8.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82.83 | 3 | 0 |
S Badrinath | 3 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 27* | 19.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.83 | 2 | 0 |
P Kumar | 14 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 7 | 7.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72.50 | 5 | 0 |
PP Ojha | 5 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 16* | 27.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49.09 | 4 | 0 |
MM Patel | 12 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 74.07 | 1 | 0 |
Zaheer Khan | 10 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 3.80 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26.03 | 4 | 0 |
I Sharma | 19 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 6.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.11 | 5 | 0 |
S Sreesanth | 7 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69.23 | 0 | 0 |
P Chawla | 8 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6* | 8.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88.89 | 4 | 0 |
RP Singh | 9 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2.67 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42.11 | 2 | 0 |
MK Tiwary | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.50 | 0 | 0 |
MS Gony | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | dnb | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 |
Bowling averages in ODIs in 2008:
Bowler | Mts | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Best | 4W | Avg | SR | RpO |
I Sharma | 19 | 152.1 | 4 | 812 | 27 | 4-38 | 2 | 30.07 | 33.81 | 5.34 |
P Kumar | 14 | 122.3 | 12 | 592 | 21 | 4-31 | 3 | 28.19 | 35.00 | 4.83 |
Harbhajan Singh | 19 | 136.5 | 4 | 602 | 21 | 3-31 | 0 | 28.67 | 39.10 | 4.40 |
IK Pathan | 20 | 155.2 | 5 | 902 | 21 | 4-41 | 1 | 42.95 | 44.38 | 5.81 |
Zaheer Khan | 10 | 86.2 | 14 | 332 | 17 | 4-21 | 1 | 19.53 | 30.47 | 3.85 |
MM Patel | 12 | 91.4 | 8 | 395 | 14 | 3-42 | 0 | 28.21 | 39.29 | 4.31 |
RP Singh | 9 | 70 | 6 | 413 | 12 | 3-46 | 0 | 34.42 | 35.00 | 5.90 |
P Chawla | 8 | 72.4 | 2 | 373 | 11 | 4-23 | 2 | 33.91 | 39.64 | 5.13 |
Yuvraj Singh | 27 | 98 | 0 | 469 | 10 | 4-28 | 1 | 46.90 | 58.80 | 4.79 |
S Sreesanth | 7 | 40.2 | 0 | 232 | 9 | 3-31 | 0 | 25.78 | 26.89 | 5.75 |
V Sehwag | 18 | 56.5 | 0 | 316 | 8 | 3-28 | 0 | 39.50 | 42.63 | 5.56 |
YK Pathan | 12 | 47.4 | 0 | 276 | 6 | 1-7 | 0 | 46.00 | 47.67 | 5.79 |
PP Ojha | 5 | 43 | 5 | 173 | 5 | 2-28 | 0 | 34.60 | 51.60 | 4.02 |
MS Gony | 2 | 13 | 1 | 76 | 2 | 2-65 | 0 | 38.00 | 39.00 | 5.85 |
SR Tendulkar | 12 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0-6 | 0 | - | - | 5.25 |
RG Sharma | 28 | 14.5 | 1 | 60 | 0 | 0-4 | 0 | - | - | 4.04 |
SK Raina | 19 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0-11 | 0 | - | - | 7.33 |