Desperate Aussies rush in unknown spinner

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Left-arm spinner Matthew Kuhnemann could marque a daze Test debut successful the 2nd crippled of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series aft being flown to India.

The left-arm orthodox bowler from Queensland has been summoned to India to regenerate leg-spinner Mitchell Swepson, who's returning location for the commencement of his child.

Kuhnemann could play arsenic a 3rd spinner if Cameron Green, who's recovering from a breached finger, is capable to vessel successful Delhi.

Green is simply a captious subordinate of the Australian squad due to the fact that helium bats astatine six and tin vessel 140km/h pace, perchance allowing the tourists to usage him arsenic a 2nd speedy and opt for 3 spinners.

Kuhnemann bowls the aforesaid benignant of rotation arsenic Ashton Agar, who was overlooked for the archetypal Test contempt partnering Nathan Lyon against South Africa successful Sydney successful January.

Australia picked off-spinners Lyon and Todd Murphy, who claimed 7 wickets and completed 47 overs successful 1 innings connected his Test debut.

The 26-year-old Kuhnemann has played 12 first-class matches for a instrumentality of 32 wickets astatine 34.25.

Green, Mitchell Starc (finger) and Josh Hazlewood (Achilles) are each warring to beryllium acceptable for the Delhi Test.

Alex Carey retired reverse sweeping again

Gun Indian spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja tormented the Australian batters successful the archetypal Test successful Nagpur, combining to instrumentality 15 of the 20 wickets.

Ashwin captured his 450th Test wicket and Jadeja is present conscionable 1 shy of collecting his 250th.

Australia was thumped by an innings and 132 runs successful the opening Test, which ended successful the 2nd league of time 3 connected Saturday.

History reflects poorly connected the Australians' bid triumph hopes successful India, given they've lone won Test bid from 1-0 down connected 3 occasions: successful the 1930 England Ashes, 1936-37 location Ashes and 1997 distant Ashes.

Australia has besides lone beaten India successful Delhi erstwhile from 7 matches, when Richie Benaud skippered his broadside to triumph successful 1959.

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