Aussies are geared up for BGT and announced their squad for the upcoming India tour.
4 spinners in the squad led by Lyon. Todd Murphy is 22yo and considered second best spinner in Australia, next 2 spinners are Agar and Swepson.
Apart from that they also have 1 part timer offie Travis head, maybe add another part timer Marnus in the list.
When was the last time any of the Australian spinners were able to make an impact in India? Do you really expect Todd Murphy to do something that even Shane Warne couldn't manage? Australian spin attack is being led by Nathan Lyon, whom I consider one of the most sub-standard bowlers in test cricket right now. I have seen Agar and Swepson bowling in franchise T20 as well as in international cricket and don't think that they have the ability to bother the Indian batsmen. And this is the first time that I am hearing about Todd Murphy. He has played just 7 first class matches till now.
I noticed that they have included Lance Morris and Scott Boland in the squad. These two may come in handy with their pace (even in dead tracks). And the top order looks solid, with Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, David Warner, Usman Khawaja and Cameron Green likely to make use of the batting friendly conditions.
Todd Murphy might be new but it could be a blessing in disguise for him.
I'm not much worried about their frontline spinners but our track record tells us that Indian batters throw their wicket against part-timers.
Our top order needs to step up this time and not rely on middle-lower order much, top order have a habit of putting extra pressure on middle/lower order and we don't have Pant this time so no one is there to tonk bald Aussie spinners. If Rohit is fit to play then we are safe at top, Puji is looking okay and Koach showing some sign of form ( we might get lucky if he gets a couple of knocks in feb). I have faith in Iyer and lower order against any spin attack and Jaddu should be a match fit too then we are all set with Ashwin and Axar batting at 8 and 9 numbers, this is one mighty lower order and i dare to say the best against spin.
SENA countries exploit the subcontinent's team weakness so India should focus on rank turners no matter what, that's an Aussie weakness so exploit it and if Aussie overcomes their weakness then props to them and we'll have cracker series.