The way forward for spin-bowling in Australia seems to be vivid after India coach Rahul Dravid hailed the efficiency of the vacationers’ trio throughout the Border-Gavaskar sequence.
Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy and Matt Kuhnemann all performed in the identical XI throughout the last three Tests of the battle in India.
Before the second Test in Delhi, Australia had solely performed three frontline spinners collectively in the identical match simply twice this century – in Bangladesh in 2006 and 2017.
Lyon, on his third Test tour of India, thrived with 21 wickets within the final three matches after going for 1-126 within the sequence opener.
Murphy had a rare maiden Test sequence, taking 7-124 on debut in Nagpur, and bowling with consistency past his 22 years.
After solely being referred to as in to the touring squad forward of the second Test, Kuhnemann took a five-wicket haul in Indore.
Dravid hailed the contributions of the three as “exceptional”.
“A lot of times you see with overseas teams they have one good spinner but tend to leak runs at the other end and you can control the game from the other end,” Dravid informed Star Sports.
“But credit to the two young spinners, they maintained that pressure, they took wickets. A lot of the (Indian) guys were full of praise for the quality of spin they had to play which made the series win all that much more sweeter.
They’ve played individual spinners who have been brilliant over the last 10 years, including someone like Nathan Lyon, but to have the quality of spin attack, probably since (Monty) Panesar and (Graeme) Swann (in 2012) it’s been the best quality of spin we’ve played over the last 10 years in these conditions.”
Lyon did not get the rewards in Ahmedabad on a dull pitch that he bought in Delhi and Indore, however appearing Australia captain Steve Smith thought he bowled brilliantly.
“I actually said to (Lyon) after play (on day four) that was the best I’ve actually seen him bowling,” Smith mentioned.
“I’ve stood at slip to him for a very long time and the way the ball was coming out, the revs and drop and everything he had on the ball on a surface that wasn’t offering a great deal, I said to him at the end of play, that’s probably the best I’ve seen you bowl.
“For somebody who’s performed 115-odd Tests to maintain getting higher, I assumed was excellent.”
BORDER-GAVASKAR LEADING WICKET-TAKERS
Ravichandran Ashwin (Ind) 25
Ravindra Jadeja (Ind) 22
Nathan Lyon (Aus) 22
Todd Murphy (Aus) 14
Matt Kuhnemann (Aus) 9
Mohammed Shami (Ind) 9
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
