Australia vs India 2018: Don't Think the Current Indian Side is Better Than Ones I Played Against - Steve Waugh

Former Australia skipper Steve Waugh is unsure if the current crop of Indian player under the leadership of Virat Kohli is better than some of the sides that he played against during his playing days.

Meanwhile, Waugh spoke about India coach Ravi Shastri’s recent 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.

However, Steve Waugh understands that Shastri made the comments to lift the morale of the team. But he feels that Shastri could have avoided the sweeping comments.

“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.

Australia will be hard to beat at home

Steve Waugh, one of the best skipper world cricket have ever seen, feels the Aussies despite problems would be a tough side to beat at their backyard.

“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,” Steve Waugh concluded.

The four-match Test series commences from December 6 at Adelaide.