Legendary Pakistan speedster and former captain Wasim Akram has labelled Australia the favourites to win the much-anticipated Test series against India in December-January. However, he foresees a close contest between the two heavyweights of the sport.

Virat Kohli-led India will head to Australia for three ODIs, as many T20 Internationals and four Tests later this month. The Test series is scheduled to start on December 17 in Adelaide.
"I think Australia's fast bowling is the best in the world. They have Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and other top-class bowlers. It will be a close contest but I would say Australia start off as favourites," Akram said in an interview to 'Cricket Baaz' channel on Youtube.

Akram said the competition would be intense thanks to India's strong fast-bowling line-up led by the lethal Jasprit Bumrah. "Mohammad Shami, Bumrah, (Navdeep) Saini and others they are good," he said.

Akram also pointed out the confident demeanours of Indian players when they take the field. "Indian team has got a lot of confidence. Their body language has changed. As a team, they have confidence in themselves just like when we used to enter the ground in the 90s.