I like SA cricket and I am happy that they beat the Aussies; however I am not entirely sure if they will dominate all forms of cricket in the days to come. They are a tough side to beat and will probably remain the same days ahead; but will they dominate and kick ass like what Aussies have done recently? I doubt.

We know they defeated Aussies and are unbeaten for 2 years and 4 of their batters have 1000 plus runs in 2008, all in test cricket.

But then again, they hosted the T20 world cup and couldn't qualify for the knock-out stages. They lost 4-0 to England in ODI series. They might have won 11 matches in 2008; but let me tell you that 4 of them were against Bangladesh.

Let us comapre  2008 Test match calender for SA against IND.

IND played Aus in Aus. IND played SA in IND. IND played SRI in SRI. IND played AUS in IND. IND played Eng in IND.

SA played WI in SA; SA played BANG in BANG; SA played IND in IND; SA played ENG in ENG; SA played BANG in BANG; SA played AUS in AUS

Who had tougher opponent?

Going by no_quiero's standard of judging the best and closing out an argument, let's see who will be a better team Ind or SA. International Cricket has 3 forms Tests, ODIs, now T20s.

Tests: For arguement's sake, SA are top. 1-0 SA

ODI: IND beat ENG 5-0 in IND ENG bt SA 4-0 in ENG so IND win the bout. 1-1 tie

T-20: IND are T20 champs while SA did not make to the second round despite hosting the tournament

The score 2-1 to IND.

See how ridiculous it get's one starts analyzing sports that way?

The bottom line is SA and IND are both contenders. Any one of the two could come on top.

I see a number of u are bring age, that IND have an OLD middle order. We are talking about Tendulkar, Dravid and Lax. Tendulakar and VVS have score 1000 plus in 2008, and guess what they weren't playing Bangladesh. They are contibuting in winning matches. Dravid is out of sorts depite the ton in the last test match. We know Dravid can because Dravid has. Even if he hangs up his boots, India have good players lined up. The age argument is over blown. Two years back when Aus were winning, ok dominating, they had McGrath, Warne, Langer, Hayden and none of them were spring chicken. Yet they were dominating.

Let's see if SA wins ODIs and T-20s. In 2009, we will know who is the best. SA or IND or Aus or SRI.