I never write off the great players: Waugh on Kohli

Steve Waugh feels writing off Virat Kohli is the best thing that could happen to him, two-tier Test system is thoroughly unsustainable, India-Pakistan is the biggest rivalry and Test cricket will very soon have a 40-year-old entrant again.

- HT Correspondent

KOLKATA:

Speaking at the Laureus Sport for Good Mental Health and Wellbeing Forum, funded by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, the former Australia captain also has a simple solution to those who are going through a rough patch - get a hobby. And that no one deserves the award for comeback of the year more than Rishabh Pant.

Two days before the biggest cricket match of the year, Waugh is keeping India ahead but didn't rule out an upset.

"Shubman Gill just got a hundred, a very good player. Obviously, there's (Virat) Kohli," Waugh said in an interaction with a select group of journalists. "Pakistan, they've been hot and cold over the last 12 months. They're capable of doing really good things. You're not sure what Pakistan side is going to turn up. India are favourites but wouldn't surprise me either if Pakistan won that game."