{"id":275538,"date":"2023-01-08T09:45:51","date_gmt":"2023-01-08T09:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/01\/08\/pat-cummins-defends-ashton-agar-as-spin-option-for-india-test-series-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2023-01-08T09:45:51","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T09:45:51","slug":"pat-cummins-defends-ashton-agar-as-spin-option-for-india-test-series-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/01\/08\/pat-cummins-defends-ashton-agar-as-spin-option-for-india-test-series-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Pat Cummins defends Ashton Agar as spin option for India Test series | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>SYDNEY: Skipper <!-- -->Pat Cummins<!-- --> said he is confident <!-- -->Ashton Agar<!-- --> will tour India next month despite the left-arm spinner&#8217;s wicketless performance in Sunday&#8217;s drawn third <!-- -->Sydney Test<!-- --> against South Africa.<br \/>Agar was chosen as the second spinner to premier tweaker <!-- -->Nathan Lyon<!-- --> for the Sydney Test with a view to the four-Test match series against Virat Kohli&#8217;s India.<br \/>Agar, playing in his first Test in six years, bowled a total of 22 overs on the wearing Sydney Cricket Ground pitch for 0-58, raising doubts about his effectiveness on Indian pitches.<br \/>But Cummins was supportive of Agar&#8217;s bowling and said it was in no way an audition for India and its lifeless pitches.<br \/>&#8220;I&#8217;m sure Ash will be there. Left-arm orthodox, he&#8217;ll absolutely be there,&#8221; Cummins said after the Sydney Test.<br \/>&#8220;It wasn&#8217;t an audition at all. This wicket was a lot different to India. It wasn&#8217;t really spinning out of the middle of the wicket (like it might in India).<br \/>&#8220;We thought the wicket was going to spin more than it did. I thought he did really well.&#8221;<br \/>But there is concern that Agar will not measure up should Australia, as expected, go into the India Tests with two specialist spinners.<br \/>Test great and prominent pundit Ricky Ponting said during the Sydney Test broadcast that he felt part-timers <!-- -->Travis Head<!-- --> and <!-- -->Marnus Labuschagne<!-- --> showed more with the ball in the Sydney Cricket Ground draw than Agar.<br \/>Agar offers plenty as an overall package with his athletic fielding and handy lower order batting but if selected for India, he needs to take wickets.<br \/>Even the late great leg-spinner Shane Warne averaged 43.11 per Test wicket in India to illustrate how difficult it is to succeed against their batsmen on their pitches.<br \/>India have only lost one of their last 30 home series and in their last 15 series they have lost only two Tests &#8212; one of them against Australia.<br \/>Cummins said his team was in good shape for the India series after home series wins over the West Indies and South Africa this southern summer.<br \/>Australia have won 10 of their last 15 Tests with just one defeat to Sri Lanka.<br \/>&#8220;I&#8217;m really happy with the way everyone is travelling,&#8221; Cummins said.<br \/>&#8220;Our next big test is India in a few weeks. 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