Legendary spinner Shane Warne doesn't think Australia will give any chance to India for a comeback in the Test series. The hosts already have a 1-0 lead in the series and Warne is confident that they are going to blow away India in the Boxing Day Test, to be played at MCG, Melbourne.
India was bowled out on 36 runs in the first Test at Adelaide and Warne feels they are still in shock of the embarrassing performance.
“I think Australia is probably going to blow them away,” Warne told ‘Fox Cricket’.
“Having said that, they have some class players to come in like KL Rahul. Young Gill will come in. (Ajinkya) Rahane is a class act. We know what (Cheteshwar) Pujara can do,” he said.
India will be led by Ajinkya Rahane as Virat Kohli headed back home on his paternity leave. Mohammad Shami is also ruled out of the remaining matches because of a fractured right hand. The pacer did not come to bowl in Australia's second innings in the first Test.
“(Mohammad) Shami is a huge loss as well. He’s such a quality bowler. And if you look at bowlers for the Melbourne conditions, drop-in pitches, Shami hits the seam and stands it up and bowls a good length and straight.”
Warne lauded the Australia fast bowlers for bundling out India on their lowest Test total. Pat Cummins (4/21) and Josh Hazlewood (5/8) didn't give India batsmen any chance to build their innings.
“Yeah, you can have a go at the Indians but I think you would rather give credit to the Australians and how well they bowled,” he said. “
They were outstanding, that bowling attack. The four bowlers plus Green, have been good bowlers for a long time. They are turning themselves into great bowlers now. To watch them go to work in Adelaide was fantastic.”
The 51-year-old sees the current Australia bowling attack as among the best they ever produced. “They are definitely in the conversation (to compare them to my era). They are outstanding those four bowlers and they have been for a while,” Warne said.
“If they continue on this form for the next four or five years going like this, then they will be in the conversation as the best bowling attack Australia maybe has ever had.”
“You think of Lillee, Thommo, Lee, Gillespie, and those guys… But as a four any one time, these guys are in the conversation as some of the best Australia has ever had,” he added.
(With PTI Inputs)
