'Mixed messages' claim follows Aussie shambles

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Former Test skipper Mark Taylor believes Pat Cummins was hamstrung by enactment successful India and claims selectors sent "mixed messages" astir the absorption of the rotation line-up.

Taylor said an Aussie onslaught consisting of 2 right-arm quicks and 2 right-arm spinners meant Cummins, captaining his broadside successful India for the archetypal time, had small saltation astatine his disposal.

"I don't deliberation helium could person done excessively overmuch much arsenic a skipper - he's a spot constricted by the broadside they chose," helium told Wide World of Sports.

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"When you've got 2 right-arm quicks and 2 right-arm off-spinners arsenic your four-man attack, it's precise hard to bash overmuch much with that.

"I deliberation that's thing they're going to person to look astatine for the adjacent Test match.

"It's not going to beryllium casual for him afloat halt due to the fact that the pitches aren't going to suit his (Cummins') bowling."

The bowling onslaught consisted of off-spinners Nathan Lyon and debutant Todd Murphy, who took 1-126 and 7-124 respectively, arsenic good arsenic pacemen Cummins (2-78) and Scott Boland (0-34).

Cummins didn't person the useful mean gait of Cameron Green astatine his disposal due to the fact that of the youngster's broken finger.

Taylor is confused astir the spinning pecking order.

"They picked Mitch Swepson for the Pakistan circuit past year, past didn't prime him successful Sydney," Taylor said.

"The lone crushed I tin deliberation they went for (Ashton) Agar successful Sydney was arsenic a formal rehearsal for this Test lucifer conscionable gone, and they didn't prime him.

"So they've sent retired mixed messages, and present Agar volition person to beryllium considered, arsenic volition (Mitchell) Swepson, having some successful caller times not been selected."

Taylor said the dismissal of KS Bharat to person the Indians 7-240 precocious connected time 2 would person been the cleanable infinitesimal to vessel Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith.

"They were inactive successful the crippled astatine that signifier … they needed to vessel India retired for astir apt 270 oregon little to truly person a accidental to crook the Test lucifer around."

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