India vs Australia: Aussies go into Delhi Test with just one pacer, but Steve O'Keefe remains bullish the visitors can bounce back

LIVE SCORE: 2nd Test, Day 1Australia lost the opening Test of the Border-Gavaskar series by an innings and 132 runs on a turning track, which prompted Cummins to go with just one quick and three spinners -- Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy and debutant Matthew Kuhnemann -- in the second Test at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Friday.This is the first time in more than five years that Australia are playing three regular spinners, with the previous occasion being the2017 Test against Bangladesh in Chattogram, where the visitors went in with three tweakers -- Lyon, Ashton Agar and O'Keefe.

With pacers Cameron Green and Mitchell Starc not selected due to injury concerns and Josh Hazlewood succumbing to a left Achilles tendon issue, Cummins is the only quick who will do all the heavy lifting in the pace-bowling department.

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Travis Head, who is back in the playing XI, and Marnus Labuschagne can also shoulder the bowling burden with their spin.Despite criticism of the Australian side following the debacle, O'Keefe said he remains positive about his team's chances in the four-Test series."I still remain bullish on the series with this Australian side," O'Keefe said on 'SEN Radio'."In India, in their last 43 Tests at home, they've lost two. They are unstoppable, we're talking about a country with 1.4 billion cricket lovers and they are experts in their own conditions."It is hard… but I genuinely believe guys like (Steve) Smith,