The sexiest Indian cricket team that ever lived

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If the Indian team was decided based on appearances we'd have nine men down the order, not 11.

Down the decades Indian cricket players have been called many things. Heroes, geniuses, cheaters and weaklings.

But good looking, never.

We undertook a time consuming exercise to fuse the dashing, Brylcreem hair and sideburn sporting seventies decade together with the billboard, Bollywood friendly and GQ magazine cover boys of today, and it would seem that although mustaches are out of fashion some style hallmarks are here to stay.

Which our Editor-in-Chief Andrew Demaria was quick to point out, "Look at them," the Aussie said. "Gold chains, open shirts...Oh wait they still do that."

So here is my golden, nine-member fantasy cricket league of good looks. 

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