Australia have included left-arm spinner Matthew Kuhnman rather than Mitchell Swepson for the remaining three Border-Gavaskar Trophy Tests in opposition to India.
Swepson will return dwelling for the beginning of his first youngster with fiancee Jess, whereas his Queensland teammate Kuhnman could possibly be within the squad for the second Test, which begins in Delhi on February 17, giving the guests a second left-arm spin choice. will get. With Ashton Agar.
Meanwhile, Australia are hoping that all-rounder Cameron Green is match for the second Test and will slot in because the third spinner together with Nathan Lyon and Todd Murphy.
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Green broken his proper index finger through the Boxing Day Test victory over South Africa in Melbourne and was solely cleared to return to coaching by his physician on 6 February following surgical procedure.
Australia are additionally prone to be with out the service of Mitchell Starc who’s nursing a finger harm of his personal.
Batsman Matthew Renshaw injured his knee within the warm-up earlier than the second day’s play of the First Test and there’s a large query mark over his availability for the Delhi Test, leaving the center order comparatively weak if Green is changed by Renshaw. Is declared as not match to play. Replacement.
In the primary Test, Ravichandran Ashwin on Saturday propelled Australia to a complete India win by an innings and 132 runs inside three days.
Australia have been on the again foot after posting a beneath par rating of 177 on the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium on a dangerous observe the place the ball was laying down and spinning unpredictably.
Rohit Sharma mastered these circumstances to attain a superb 120 and all-rounders Axar Patel (84) and Ravindra Jadeja (70) proved that whereas the pitch was troublesome, it was actually not invincible.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
