"It's a huge challenge but India did it to us the last time over there (in 2001)," said the Australian captain.
Current Australian captain Ricky Ponting was named as Waugh's deputy.
Steve Waugh has dismissed the notion that sportspersons knew when their time was up and said that he experienced a raging mental conflict in his final days wearing the Baggy Green cap.
Glenn McGrath's wife Jane partly owes her life to Steve Waugh, who helped her in curing a cancerous brain tumour her doctors feared was inoperable.
The Australian Test captain said the century in the fifth Ashes Test in Sydney saved his career.
Tendulkar said though he would like to score more centuries, he felt more satisfied while contributing to India's victory.
The Australians will be without Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath and Damien Martyn for the first Test.
A lacklustre Australia maybe on the brink of losing the Ashes urn to England but Ricky Ponting, a superior skipper than his predecessor Steve Waugh, is still the best man to lead the side in Tests, according to former captain Ian Chappell. Chappell felt the selectors sold Ponting down the river, picking an all-pace attack for the unresponsive pitch at The Oval and blaming Ponting for the debacle would be barking up the wrong tree.
Australia's success has been compared with some of the nation's great Test teams led by Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting.
Steve Waugh hinted he would direct his pacemen to bowl a shorter length to India's batsmen on the bouncy Adelaide wicket.
Cricketer-turned-philanthropist Steve Waugh is so convinced of the evenness of India and Australia's might that he has predicted a 4-3 scoreline for the winners in the forthcoming ODI series.
"I've always played my cricket under the belief that you pick your best 11 players and that's never changed. I think it's wrong to give players guarantees," the Australian Test captain said.
Australia must show a bit of "mongrel" and gel as a team if they are to lift the Ashes against England, former captain Steve Waugh has said.
'There's days when you contemplate either way and I really haven't made a decision yet,' said the Aussie Test captain.
The Australian selectors named full-strength squads for the test and one-day series against the minnows.
Former Australia skipper Steve Waugh has slammed the ICC and top cricket boards, including the BCCI, for not caring about Test cricket after South Africa named a depleted red-ball squad for the tour of New Zealand.
Twenty20 might be a massive hit with the fans but former Australia captain Steve Waugh feels Tests will always remain a cricketer's first priority and both the versions need each other's support to survive and flourish.
Jeff Thomson and David Hookes say the Aussie captain should retire to allow the team to build for the future.
'He knows that Gabba will be a different wicket where he will get to face a lot of bounce and pace and that back foot game needs to be included in his game.'
Maybe I could keep going for another 15 years, said the Aussie Test captain.
'Captaincy for India is slightly different to captaining a franchise or any state side; it comes with its own responsibilities and the pressure.'
Former Australian captain Steve Waugh, along with four others, would be inducted into the International Cricket Council's Hall of Fame in Sydney on Monday.
'You have to be courageous to score runs in Perth,' Steve Waugh said.
'I grew up watching Steve Waugh, Ricky Ponting, those guys winning Ashes series. It felt a million miles away from me playing cricket in the backyard and here I am a decade later in this position.'
Rajat Patidar's astute captaincy has been apparent throughout this season, be it bowling changes or field placements, he has been spot on. Unlike other franchises where captaining big egos has not sat well with certain players, Patidar has commanded the respect of his senior India as well as international team-mates.
'A focused and balanced perspective is needed in the condemnation on those involved in this, with a clear and critical consideration to the social impact and mental health of all players'
The trio will don specially designed racing gear and drive a few laps around the circuit in their Go-Karts at the Danny's Karting Centre, Chennai.
South Africa could overtake top-ranked Australia on the ICC Test Championship Table if they win their upcoming series against Pakistan
Banned Australian cricketer Steve Smith is likely to be welcomed back with open arms when he returns to club cricket in Sydney at the weekend.
Shamar's heroics and the Windies win saw congratulations pouring in from every quarter. And it also left Windies legends Brian Lara and Carl Hooper, both who are now broadcasters, in tears as videos circulated on X.
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