Former Indian Captain - opening batsman & cricket expert Sunil Gavaskar Has said that the Credit of India's No.1 Spot should also be given to the former captains Anil Kumble & Sourav Ganguly. Speaking a two news channel he said It is not just the team or the support staff, it is also the selectors who backed the players & also the Indian fans who had faith in the cricket team. He also expressed gratitude to indian cricket fans who turned in big numbers for yesterday's match. He also added probably Sachin was dying to see India at this position in his 20 years career (which meant sachin was so desperate of india being #1). But he did not forget to hai the former Captains Anil Kumble, Rahul Dravid & Sourav Ganguly who had their Contributions of India being #1. Even The chief of board of seclectors for the BCCI Krishnamachari Srikanth acknowledged it by appreciating the forme captains, He said Kumble led the team Extremely well when Rahul gave up the captaincy, Rahul led the team for vitory in england series & many. Sourav Ganguly was the one who set indian with his attacking captaincy.

Meanwhile the star of the series Virender Sehwag also accredited & thanked his former captain Ganguly for giving him opportunity to open the batting & which made him one of the best attacking batsman in the world. He also added the third match vicotry credit should also be given to bowlers who were able to take 20 wickets on a good batting track. He was also asked by Ravi shastri whether this was his best innings scoring 293 against lanka, he responded smartly by saying this would be his Third Best as he already had got two Triple Hundreds.