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 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 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |
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