I'm not sure who these England ATGs and superstars are apart from the Big Three of Root, Anderson and Broad - and even they have average records in Australia.
While England could nick a Test in this Ashes, Australia should have too much over course of 5 Tests. A better assessment is to compare India's achievement with that of New Zealand, the WTC winners, who were whitewashed in Australia the previous year.
As for India vs other great Asian Test sides, making comparisons across eras is futile because no two eras have identical playing conditions. Would Pakistan's 15 year unbeaten home record from 1980-1995 survive neutral umpires and DRS ? DRS also made old techniques of playing spin like bat and pad together very risky. Conversely, Pakistan's away record could've improved as umpiring howlers on tours of England (1982) and West Indies (1988) would've been corrected.
Secondly, you cannot compare opposition. 1980s Pakistan never played South Africa while India haven't played Pakistan. Today, Sri Lanka and West Indies are at all-time lows while WI had their ATG team in 1980s.
My personal view is India have done enough to merit tag of best Asian Test team, primarily because of India's superior record in Australia. A more interesting question is where India rank against other ATG teams.
[MENTION=113824]Nikhil_cric[/MENTION] will probably have the stats, but if there's a weakness in this Indian batting unit it's high release point seamers like Kyle Jamieson and Ollie Robinson. 1980s West Indies had several of them. Meanwhile, how would 2000s Australia fare against India's current bowlers ? I think India have a better bowling lineup than England's victorious 2005 Ashes attack, so that would be a fascinating contest.
There is no question about it. India is nowhere near the Windies of the 80's and certainly not near the GOAT test side that was Australia (1995-2005) . Those sides were miles ahead of their nearest competitors whereas India neither have the kind of away record nor are they so far ahead of the other sides to merit even a discussion on this. If India can win the one off test in England, beat SA in SA and then beat NZ in NZ while continuing to destroy teams at home, then I suppose there's a case.
There are a couple of weaknesses in this lineup with respect to the batting approach of this side. They play pace, bounce and swing really well. Yes, SWING! In fact, I saw an article which showed that our lineup averages the highest against swing bowling.
It is seam movement or a combination of seam and swing that India really struggles against. While all teams struggle against 0.75 degrees + seam movement, India are right at the bottom while playing seam movement. Part of the problem is the Kohli-inspired method and meeting the early as early as possible
Data suggests that batsmen who play reasonably well in seaming conditions are those who play the ball as late as possible and play square of the wicket rather than in the traditional V- and this has directly impacted Indias batting in both the 2018 tour of England and the tour of NZ.
Some improvement was seen on this front on the recent England tour. Both KL and Rohit conscioiusly played the ball late and much more squarer and had quite a bit of success. I hope that is replicated on future tours by the rest of the lineup.
As far as tall,high release seamers go, there is enough data to show that , Ceterus paribus, every batter struggles against high release seamers. Labu, for instance, is probably the most technically correct and organized batsman going around but his average drops to 21 against high release deliveries.
I believe, from memory, that the Indian batting lineup averages only 16 or 17 against high release bowlers. While that may not seem like much of a difference, it amount ts to around 30 runs lesser for an entire innings and these can be crucial.
If they correct their aforementioned erroneous approach to seam bowling, they can mitigate the impact of quality seam bowlers and, specifically, high release seam bowlers.
I can't even bring Pant's pathetic stats in other countries just because it will hurt those who overhyped him? 
