The Australian team have added spinner Matthew Kuhnemann to the squad for the second Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The second match will be taking place on February 17 in Delhi. According to cricket.com.au, he has replaced his Queensland colleague Mitchell Swepson who will be going home to attend the birth of his child. Swepson did not play the playing XI for the first Test in Nagpur which the Indian team won by innings and 132 runs to go 1-0 up in the 4-match series.
Kuhnemman's inclusion to the squad will bolster the Aussies. He is currently taking part in the Marsh Sheffield Shield where he recently scalped 2-55 off 21 overs and 1-67 off 23 overs at the MCG.
Earlier, Rohit Sharma’s men have outplayed the Australians by innings and 132 runs in the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Nagpur. The Kangaroos lost 10 wickets in a single session, kudos to the Indian bowlers as they bowled out Australia for 91 runs. With this win, India are 1-0 ahead in the series.
It was a masterclass from Ravichandran Ashwin who registered his 31st five-wicket haul in Test cricket. He scalped the wickets of Usman Khawaja, David Warner, Matthew Renshaw, Peter Handscomb, and Alex Carey to achieve the milestone. Ravindra Jadeja also took three wickets. Todd Murphy starred with the ball for Australia by picking seven wickets in the first innings.
Squads:
India : (for the first two Tests) Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul (vc), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KS Bharat, Ishan Kishan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Suryakumar Yadav.
Australia: Pat Cummins (c), Ashton Agar, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Peter Handscomb, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Matt Kuhnemann, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Lance Morris, Todd Murphy, Matthew Renshaw, Steve Smith (vc), Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, David Warner.