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Cameron Green is unlikely to play in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy opener in Nagpur. The all-rounder suffered a broken finger in the Boxing Day Test against South Africa, an injury that hasn't healed in time for the start of the marquee series in India. Australia's head coach Andrew McDonald had expressed hope that Green could feature as a pure batter given the lack of his bowling load in the build-up to the series but two days out from the Test, vice-captain Steve Smith effectively ruled the 23-year-old out.

"I don't think he is [going to play]," Smith said. "I don't think he's even faced fast bowlers yet. So I dare say he won't be playing, but who knows? I'm not entirely sure. We'll wait and see. But it's unlikely, I think."

Green's absence is a blow for Australia, who have derived great balance to their Test sides with his all-round abilities allowing the management to pick an extra batter or bowler as they deemed necessary for the conditions. Even if he played as a pure batter, Green's right-handedness and his promising spin play in Sri Lanka would have been a welcome boost to the middle order. In his absence, Australia welcomed Matt Renshaw back to the Test fold in Sydney, but his inclusion in Nagpur will leave Australia fielding five left-handers in their top-seven. Peter Handscomb is the other alternative, should Australia choose an extra batter.

Source: https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/125422/australia-contemplate-balance-on-dry-nagpur-pitch-with-cameron-green-unlikely-to-play-vs-india

In the words of Rahul Dravid, it's a four-letter word that starts with 'S' and it is thundering out of the tunnel with its headlights blazing bright. As India get ready to welcome Australia for another bout of Test cricket at home in what is their final, most marquee assignment in this cycle of the World Test Championship, 'spin' is once more the all-encompassing narrative hog. How much and how early in the game will the pitches offer turn? How are the visitors bracing? Is there a risk of a Pune-esque backfire?

A lot of it is conjecture. Then there is the question of which spinners will actually hold stage when the battle begins in a couple of days' time in Nagpur. And India quite clearly have options to go around. Ravichandran Ashwin, one of India's greatest players of this generation, is a lock. As is Ravindra Jadeja, Test cricket's top-ranked all-rounder, despite having only just returned from a major knee injury. India also have a decision to make with the identity of their third spinner, that is if the pitch accords them a luxury of a third spinner: Axar Patel or Kuldeep Yadav?

In the recent Mirpur Test, Dravid and the leadership group were faced with a similar dilemma of having to pick one of these two and they went with Axar despite Kuldeep marking his comeback in only the previous Test at Chattogram with a career-best 5 for 40. It was a selection based on sound reasoning and not one dictated by emotions. It's hard to even nitpick when a bowler has the kind of sub-continent record that Axar possesses: 47 wickets from 8 Tests at a frankly ridiculous average of 14.29 including five five-fors.

Source: https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/125417/will-indias-transient-batting-dictate-spin-bowling-combination

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