India will find it tough against Australia: Akram

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Dec 04 2014 | 1:15 PM IST
Warning that Australia will play a "hard game" to win the Test series for their departed teammate Phil Hughes, Pakistan pace legend Wasim Akram has said India will certainly find it tough against the hosts who will go all out to come up trumps.
"The Australians will certainly play a hard game. And India should be ready for it. They would want to win the series for Phil Hughes and will go all out in their efforts to come up trumps. They have got a good team and India will certainly find it tough against them," Akram told PTI ahead the much-awaited Test series.
India are set to face Australia in Adelaide on December 9 after the four-match series was re-scheduled post Hughes' tragic demise.
The left-handed batsman was hit on the head by New South Wales pacer Sean Abbott in a domestic game in Sydney on November 25 and succumbed to his injuries two days after in a city hospital.
Describing Hughes' fatal injury as a "freak incident", Akram said as a pacer, he feels for Abbott, the bowler.
"You feel for the young guy (Abbott). But I would just tell him to ease up. It could have happened with anybody. It's not his fault at all. He is being counselled and I guess he will bounce back," the former Pakistan captain said.
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First Published: Dec 04 2014 | 1:15 PM IST

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