Australia's Achilles Heel: Their frailties in the Indian subcontinent

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Zampa could have added variation to Australia’s bowling options

Are the Aussies picking the right men for the challenge, is an important question to ask. Given the ease with which sub-continental batsmen play the less threatening Aussie spinners, would it have been better if the Aussies stuck to their strengths – that is their pace attack rather than their less than impressive spinners?

In Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood, they have a bowling pair that is capable of running through batting line-ups regardless of conditions.

The addition of an attacking wrist spinning option in Adam Zampa, though, may add more variety to the bowling. They also ought to pick batsmen who are well equipped to face spin in the subcontinent.

On the tour of Sri Lanka, Shaun Marsh, a good player of spin who has to his credit a century on Test debut in Sri Lanka, had to wait till the final Test for his opportunity. He showed what he is capable of by scoring a century and ended up scoring more runs in 2 innings than managed by some of his mates in 6 innings on the tour.