Picture reveals sneaky Indian Test tactic

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Australia could prime arsenic galore arsenic 3 spinners for the first Test against India successful Nagpur, with the spotlight firmly connected the big nation's antithetic transportation preparations.

Cricket writer Bharat Sundaresan tweeted photos of groundstaff preparing the transportation for the match, which begins connected Thursday.

It shows the areas extracurricular the left-hander's disconnected stump being near to cook successful the heat, portion the remainder of the transportation is watered.

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Australia could person arsenic galore arsenic six near handers successful the apical eight, depending connected selections.

"Interesting attraction of the transportation successful Nagpur," Sundaresan wrote.

"The groundstaff watered the full centre of the aboveground & lone the magnitude areas extracurricular the left-hander's limb stump & past rolled lone the centre, stopping abbreviated each clip they got to the bully magnitude areas astatine some ends."

The evident effort to nullify Australia's near handers could spot close hander Peter Handscomb travel into calculations, perchance astatine the disbursal of Matt Renshaw.

"Pretty dry, peculiarly 1 end," Steve Smith said erstwhile asked astir the pitch.

"I deliberation it volition instrumentality a spot of spin, peculiarly the left-arm spinner taking it into our left-handers. There's a conception determination that's rather dry.

"Other than that, I can't truly get a bully gauge connected it. I don't deliberation determination volition beryllium a heap of bounce successful the wicket, I deliberation it volition beryllium rather skiddy for the seamers and possibly a spot of up-and-down question arsenic the crippled goes on.

"The cracks felt rather loose. I'm not wholly definite – we'll hold and see."

Cameron Green's injury has analyzable matters for Australia, who would beryllium forced to play conscionable 1 speedy - Pat Cummins - if selectors opt for 3 spinners.

With Nathan Lyon a lock, chap off-spinner Todd Murphy, leg-spinner Mitchell Swepson and left-armer Ashton Agar volition vie for a spot successful the starting side.

"I can't spot that they'll prime Murphy, due to the fact that they've got Lyon and they've got Travis Head, who is much than useful," erstwhile Australian skipper Mark Taylor told Wide World of Sports.

"You've got one-and-a-half off-spinners, you don't request two-and-a-half, truthful I don't deliberation he's going to play."

Taylor besides pointed retired that if selectors lone play 2 spinners, Agar was the apt prime up of Swepson, having been picked for the caller Sydney Test against South Africa.

"I presume that was a formal rehearsal for this series, Taylor said.

"It would beryllium unusual to person overlooked Swepson for Sydney and past prime him successful India."

"I wouldn't beryllium against picking Swepson, but they haven't truly instilled overmuch assurance successful him successful caller months."

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