Ashton Agar is the most recent Australian to depart the troubled tour of India as legendary wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist hit out on the remedy of the bowling allrounder.
The 29-year-old will arrive again in Perth on Wednesday after being leapfrogged by debutant spinners Todd Murphy and Matt Kuhnemann.
He joins injured pair Josh Hazlewood and David Warner in exiting the squad.
Agar performed within the New Year’s Test towards South Africa on the SCG, however was ignored for the primary two matches in India.
Queensland left-armer Kuhnemann wasn’t in Australia’s preliminary 18-man squad, however was known as over to India following the primary Test defeat in Nagpur.
Gilchrist described the transfer to select Kuhnemann over Agar as a “pretty big insult.”
“… Unless it’s a pretty extreme like for like that has to come in – you generally expected the guys that were first reserves to step in,” Gilchrist instructed SEN.
“So that’s a bit of a body blow for him (Agar) I would imagine.”
Australia selector Tony Dodemaide defined it was a “close call” to select Murphy over Agar for the primary Test.
“Todd’s come on tremendously, as we know, and he’s been a real find for us for this,” Dodemaide mentioned.
“Those two (Murphy and Lyon) are now clearly established, I think, as the best two spinners and they have 18 out of the 24 (wickets) to fall so far for us.
“We simply determined that Matthew’s (Kuhnemann) type could be suited to the situations there.
“Matthew’s done nothing wrong, he took Virat Kohli’s wicket and did a really solid job we thought.”
Agar is anticipated to be obtainable for Western Australia’s subsequent Sheffield Shield sport, beginning on March 2.
He may even return to India for the three-match ODI collection, beginning on March 17.
Dodemaide reiterated Agar’s significance to the Australia’s white-ball squads.
“He’s (Agar) been very open with us and he has absolutely worked his backside off in order to get it right, to put himself up and be an option,” Dodemaide mentioned.
“We absolutely acknowledge that there’s been no lack of effort from Ashton.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
