It's being played in pretty good spirit but right now it's bit on the edge," Waugh said.
games is played. It's being played in pretty good spirit but right now it's bit on the edge," Waugh said.
Ian Healy recently said that he has lost respect for Kohli and the Indian captain said he doesn't care, but Waugh begged to differ.
"Of course, he cares. I mean when another respected cricketer comment like that, than it's going to be hurtful.
But Virat Kohli is a tough guy. He will take notice and obviously responded in a way that it obviously did affect him.
End of the day, he will have a bigger fish to fry than what Ian Healy says. I know as a captain you can't be liked by everyone. You play in your own style, he plays a combative style of cricket and that's what Indians love about him." Waugh was happy that Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland has issued a strong statement supporting its captain.
"Of course, he is the captain of our country and from the chairman (CEO) of the board I would expect that. At the same stage, James Sutherland would have also realised what happened was wrong and shouldn't happen again and I am sure wouldn't happen again. That's what we are going take from this that lesson has been learnt."
The bat size is supposed to change and reports of David Warner's current piece of wood will have to be scrapped.
"He (Warner) will be hitting 20 rows back instead of the 30 rows back now!," Waugh said in jest.
"He is a great player. I don't think it would make too much a difference to him. The bat manufacturers are smart enough to design the bats in such a way to make it as much powerful. Ninety percent of the players have their bats in the same category as David Warner."
Does cricket need a red card, Waugh said:"Look they are going get one. I don't know about a red card but there can be a yellow card. I don't know how it's going to work. It gives umpires more power that's a good thing. Puts players on notice that they can't go over the top."
But what if someone is 70 batting and is red carded changing the complexion of the match, Waugh said:"I have no idea how it would work out but if I am not out I would certainly make sure I won't get a red card. Lot of issues need to be worked through but a yellow card is the option and players should know if it's cheap enough to have two transgressions and sacrifice team's interest. At the end of the day, they are not only penalising themselves but also penalising the team."
On spinners dominating the show, Waugh said:"Indian bowlers -- the quicks have bowled well. Certainly the batsmen have not had so much fun so far. Probably set to continue as there are challenging pitches. The belief is that Australians don't play well on spinning tracks. We saw what happened in Pune, we can play on those pitches. I think all bowlers from both sides are in the game. Even if quicks are not taking qickets, they are tying up one end, playing role in bowling partnerships."
(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)
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