Former Australia skipper Steve Waugh hailed Indian skipper Virat Kohli as the current best batsman in Test cricket. Speaking in an interview with Cricket Australia, Waugh said that the Indian skipper has the best technique among all the current players.

The batting legend said, “He (Kohli) has got the game to survive anywhere, I think he’s got the best technique of anyone in world cricket. He and AB de Villiers have got the best techniques, and AB de Villiers is not playing Test cricket so that makes him (Kohli) the stand-out player. I think Steve Smith is probably the hungriest batsman but he’s obviously not playing for 12 months, so Kohli really is the premier batsman in world cricket.”

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He further added, “And he likes the big occasion. Like (Brian) Lara and Tendulkar and (Viv) Richards and Javed Miandad, and all the great batsmen, they want the big occasion and that brings out the best in their cricket.” With India scheduled to travel to Australia in November for 3 T20Is, 4 Tests, and 3 ODI series, Waugh said Kohli’s desire to win a Test series in Australia might put him in under pressure during the tour, he said, “He’ll be putting a bit of pressure on himself, this (a series win in Australia) will be the feather in the cap if he can pull this off.”

Steve Waugh concluded by stating that Australia should play positive cricket and put on big totals in the first innings, and the bowling attack can take care of the rest.

The legendary batsman said, “I think the best way to control him is for our guys to play really positive cricket, to concentrate on executing the team plans and to score 300-plus runs in our first innings so we can put pressure on their batting line-up. Our attack is as good as anyone’s and, in our conditions, he’ll have to be on his game and particularly if he’s chasing some big scores that Australia has put on the board. That will put pressure on his batting.”