Pat Cummins said before the test between IndvsAus, said- We have many options in spin

Bangalore. Australian skipper Pat Cummins on Saturday said his team is not thinking too much about the spin combination as they have experienced off-spinner Nathan Lyon in their squad for the four-Test series against India starting in Nagpur on Thursday. There are many options available for help. The Australian team touring India has included finger-spinner Ashton Agar along with Mitchell Swepson to support Lyon.

Talking to the media for the first time after reaching India, Cummins said that when Mitchell Starc returns, we have a lot of options of finger and wrist spin and left arm fast bowling. He said that definitely we will select such bowlers whom we feel will take 20 wickets. But we are not 100% sure about how many spinners and how many fast bowlers we will pick in this.

Asked about including two spinners in the team, Cummins said that of course it would depend on the circumstances. Especially in the first test. We will see only when we reach Nagpur. The Australian team will train here before leaving for Nagpur on Monday. “It’s a good thing that a player like Agar was in our last team, Swepson played in the last two overseas tours so there’s a bit of experience,” he said. He said, “(Todd) Murphy (off-spinner) played in the last tour. We think we have enough players in this department to help Lyon.

Cummins (29 years old) also said that he also has off-spin options in the form of middle-order batsman Travis Head. He said that Travis Head also bowls very well off-spin. We have a balance of things. We have quite a variety to choose from. We haven’t decided the bowling line up yet. There is a lot of talk about spin bowling but Cummins said that his team cannot forget their dangerous pace attack. He said that I think sometimes when you talk about spinners, you forget that we have got enough fast bowlers for all kinds of situations.