Watson also backed Australia to score runs even without Steve Smith and David Warner.
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Former Australian all-rounder Shane Watson feels the upcoming four-match Test series between India and Australia is the Asian giants’ best chance to win their first ever Test series Down Under. Watson, however, also believes it will be incredibly challenging for the visitors to take down the hosts on their home turf.
“There is a massive home ground advantage for Australia. They haven’t lost too many times in the history in Australia. So while there is no doubt this is India’s best chance to win in Australia, it’s still incredibly challenging to be able to win away,” Shane Watson told India Today.
Indian bowlers have shown brilliant bowling against their first two overseas Test series against South Africa and England, but according to Watson it will be a challenge for them to repeat the performance on Australian pitches.
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“Compared to South Africa, in Australia, depending upon the way wickets are prepared, it can get very very flat with the kookaburra ball not doing much after the first 10 overs with the new ball. It can be a challenge but India have got one of the strongest pace bowling lineups from a pace point of view. And some variety as well with Bumrah who provides a different angle and different speed. So it will be a good test for the Aussie batsmen,” Watson added.
The Chennai Super Kings all-rounder also backed Australia to score runs even without Steve Smith and David Warner.
“There is no doubt it’s a big hole to fill with Smith and Warner missing but there is no doubt that we still have the quality to be able to fill those runs that we need to win. Our bowling attack is still very strong but so is India’s batting line up. Virat is going to play a big part and they have a lot of other incredible batsmen. So their batting stocks are pretty strong. So I think it’s going to be awesome Test series to be able to watch,” said the 37-year-old.
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