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#2 Waugh lauds Kohli for taking on D/N Test challenge

Virat Kohli is looking forward to the Day-Night Test in Australia

Former Australia captain Steve Waugh has heaped praise on Indian skipper Virat Kohli for accepting the challenge of Day-Night Tests thrown at them by the Aussies next year Down Under.

After playing their first pink-ball Test against Bangladesh last year, India were challenged by their Aussie counterparts to bring the D/N encounter to Australia next year. While Kohli expressed his readiness to play with the pink-ball, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly recently gave the official go-ahead to the proposal.

Waugh sounded excited about a potential blockbuster series featuring the top two sides in the world.

"Australia will be the favourite I think. We know the pitch"

well and the day-night Test is going to be something relatively new for India. I like the way Virat Kohli is taking that challenge. If you want to be the best side in the world, you have to win away from home as much as possible."

"You can’t take away from India winning last time but Australia did not have the best batsmen. Marnus Labuschagne has come out of nowhere, the bowling looks much settled now. India do not have weaknesses too, so it’s potentially to be a great series."

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