Substitute Bangladesh wicketkeeper Imrul Kayes sets world record<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nThe squad includes six batsman, four spin bowlers, three pace bowlers, two all-rounders and a wicket-keeper.<\/p>\n
Speaking on the make-up of the squad, Interim National Selector Trevor Hohns said in a CA release that the panel chose an additional spin bowler to allow as many options as possible.<\/p>\n
“We don’t know what pitch conditions we will come up against in each of the venues but wanted to have flexibility and options available to us,” he said.<\/p>\n
“We know India is an incredibly tough place to tour and have success in, with most international teams struggling to adapt to the conditions. But we have chosen a squad which we believe will work really hard in its endeavours to perform well and give a good account of itself in the sub-continent.”<\/p>\n
“We expect all of the young players chosen to benefit immensely from the experience.”<\/p>\n
Talking about Swepson and Agar, he said: “Mitchell is an exciting young leg-spinner that has come through the pathway system. We feel he has a lot of potential and want to see him take his opportunity in conditions that should suit him should he get a chance.”<\/p>\n
“Ashton is a good left-arm orthodox spinner who can be very exciting with the bat and also fields extremely well. He provides us with a great all-round package.”<\/p>\n
Victoria’s Glenn Maxwell and West Australia’s Mitchell Marsh make up the all-rounders in the side.<\/p>\n
“We know Glenn plays very well against spin and has a lot of experience playing in India. We think his ability with the bat, coupled with his handy off-spin will complement the bowling unit if required,” he said.<\/p>\n
“We consider Mitchell as a bowling all-rounder and should we decide to play a two pace and two spin bowling attack, it is important to have that third seam bowling option if conditions suit.”<\/p>\n
Among the pace bowling options, Jackson Bird is the third choice behind Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc.<\/p>\n
With the inclusion of only three fast-bowlers in the squad, the selectors will reassess the fast bowling stocks after the second Test in Bengaluru, according to the release.<\/p>\n
West Australia’s top-order batsman Shaun Marsh returns to the side following injury earlier in the summer.<\/p>\n
“Shaun is proven in sub-continent conditions and is coming off a hundred in his last Test match in Sri Lanka. He is a very versatile batsman who can slot in at the top or the middle of the order,” said Hohns.<\/p>\n
Selected members of the squad will depart on January 29 for Dubai to train, before the remainder of the squad follow after the Chappell-Hadlee Series in New Zealand.<\/p>\n
Squad: Steve Smith (captain), David Warner (vice-captain), Ashton Agar, Jackson Bird, Peter Handscomb, Josh Hazlewood, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Stephen O’Keefe, Matthew Renshaw, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, Matthew Wade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Apart from off-spinner Nathan Lyon and left-arm spinner Stephen O’Keefe, other slow bowlers featuring in the squad are uncapped Queensland leg-spinner Mitchell Swepson and recalled West Australia’s left-arm spinner Ashton Agar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[7946,4744,466,20541,1949,20017],"class_list":["post-32108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world-cricket-news","tag-ashton-agar","tag-cricket-news","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-mitchell-swepson","tag-nathan-lyon","tag-stephen-okeefe"],"yoast_head":"\n
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