I’ve played against great Indian sides, not sure this side is better than them: Steve Waugh

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Former Australia captain Steve Waugh is “not sure” if the current Indian team led by Virat Kohli is any better than some of the sides that he played against during his days as claimed by Ravi Shastri.

Waugh spoke in reference to India coach Shastri’s comments that this is “the best Indian side in the last 15 years”.

“Look I have played against some great Indian sides and I am not sure that the current side is better than the ones we played against,” Waugh told ESPN Cricinfo in an interview.

He understood that Shastri wanted to boost the morale of his team but he felt that sweeping comments could have been avoided.

“I am not really sure but probably not a great thing to say as it puts extra pressure on the team. Once they start losing, they will get a lot of criticism for that. Look, it’s good that Ravi Shastri believes in his side but comments like these could be kept to himself,” Waugh said.

The former skipper known for his mental disintegration tactic feels that Australia despite recent problems would be hard to beat in their own den.

“Australia will be hard to beat in Australia. We have a bowling attack as good as any team in world cricket and we can take wickets. It’s our batting if we score 350 runs in first innings, I think we will be very hard to beat. And someone will always come and do well and that’s the nature of the sport.

 

“I am still pretty confident that we can win in Australia but it’s going to be a close series though,” Waugh said about the Test series starting December 6.

Like everyone else, he praised Virat Kohli for his supreme consistency comparing him with Brian Lara and Sachin Tendulkar.

“He is a great player and he loves these big moments. He is like Tendulkar and Lara. They wait for these and that’s where they want to show their best. He will be the dangerman straightaway but they have some pretty good batsmen.

“Actually, India have quite a rounded team and they will see this as a significant chance. They would have prepared for this tour for a long time. I think it is going to be really close series,” he added.

 

[mishra]

Yes Waugh, Nothing new you say here.

We all know you were one of the greatest cricketing side ever after Sobers in cricketing history (debatable betweeen yours and Sobers but my opininin is Windies weree best ever side),  you still needed 13 players against Lara and Tendulkar.

 

There are plenty of evidences available about impact of your extra players.

[Nikola]

3 minutes ago, mishra said:

Yes Waugh, Nothing new you say here.

We all know you were one of the greatest cricketing side ever after Sobers in cricketing history (debatable betweeen yours and Sobers but my opininin is Windies weree best ever side),  you still needed 13 players against Lara and Tendulkar.

 

There are plenty of evidences available about impact of your extra players.

13 players against Lara and Tendulkar? mcgrath alone was good enough to handle them.

[mishra]

5 minutes ago, Nikola said:

13 players against Lara and Tendulkar? mcgrath alone was good enough to handle them.

Nope, Gillespie was bigger threat along with umpires. Zee news carried out a program after Tendulkar was unfairly dissmissed in his farewell match. They counted it to 33 or 38 and most came against Aussies and English. English ones didnt hurt us too much, but aussie ones were the ones ended up into a win by ausiies

Edited November 15, 2018 by mishra

[velu]

we should use DRS to nullify the biased umpires in aussieland .. 

[Nikola]

5 minutes ago, mishra said:

Nope, Gillespie was bigger threat along with umpires. Zee news carried out a program after Tendulkar was unfairly dissmissed in his farewell match. They counted it to 33 or 38 and most came against Aussies and English. English ones didnt hurt us too much, but aussie ones were the ones ended up into a win by ausiies

Should be Steve Bucknor who did same even against aussies.

[mishra]

1 minute ago, Nikola said:

Should be Steve Bucknor who did same even against aussies.

No there were LBWs caught behind and many more. In case of Lara, Aussies calimed even dropped catches. Why dropped catches because lara had a unique style in hitting the ball. Which was when you do catch practice. It was slashing it. Allthough straight to fileder, its never easy to catch them. So Aussies rolled over and hid it behind their body and claimed catches after spilling them on ground

[putrevus]

This is such a good time for young team to establish itself like Aussies did in late 1980s under Allan Borber and that was the start of their dynasty.

 

Shastri is moron, when you have just one batsman who is capable of playing on any surface your team is not qualified to be called a good.This Indian batting lineup is horrible.

Edited November 15, 2018 by putrevus

[Global.Baba]

Yes this is not the greatest Indian side but compared to the filth that Aussies play these days this side looks a ATG X1 put together 

 

 

[jf1gp_1]

46 minutes ago, Global.Baba said:

Yes this is not the greatest Indian side but compared to the filth that Aussies play these days this side looks a ATG X1 put together 

i Don't know. We are over dependent on kohli. We have a young opener and keeper. Rahul is usually a miss than hit. We have struggled against spin and lyon is better than English spinners. Lets see how first test goes before making any claims let alone calling them filth.

[G_B_]

They dont have to be the best Indian side ever. They just have to be better than the current aussie side.

[Stan AF]

20 hours ago, Nikola said:

Should be Steve Bucknor who did same even against aussies.

Saw a video recently in which that blind fool didnt even refer a run out by srinath (1992 tour) to the 3rd umpire. The batsman was easily run out.

[bowl_out]

Lol at Aussies claiming that people are making sweeping statements.

Even the newbie Aussie players make sweeping statements. 

Every time a side tours Aus, some Aussie guy from past or present always claims that a whitewash is imminent