1. Aggression:
With the arrival of Sourav Ganguly as the captain of the team, a new trait was witnessed in the Indian team. India never uttered a word to their opponents nor replied back after being sledged, on the field. They believed in focusing on the job but these things became the need of the hour in the 2000s and Ganguly did exactly that. The Indian team started answering to the sledges thrown at them and it straightaway put the opposition under pressure.