Australia's main spinner Nathan Lyon had a mediocre outing in the first Test and Cummins opined that the low bounce on Indian tracks has been the reason behind the ineffectiveness as they are used to bowling on bouncy Australian pitches.Whereas Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja ran riot with their spin bowling to help India win the Nagpur Test by an innings and 132 runs.Cummins said that his spin unit is still adjusting to the changes.
"It's an adjustment. Even the last game we saw a lot of around the wicket bowling, whereas in Australia it's mainly over-the-wicket bowling. The close catchers don't feel like the ball is going to pop up as much when there isn't much bounce. It is bit of an adjustment," Cummins said on the eve of the second Test here."Using side-spinners, just changing up your angles a bit more. All those things come into a bit more. I think the bowlers did a really good job, both spinners (in the) last game (in Nagpur). It's a bit of an adjustment but in some ways it doesn't get any better."Tracks in western India are predominantly made with red soil, while up north it is black soil. While the colour of the soil had changed, Cummins feels the nature of the pitch will not change a lot."Not too sure, really. It's different soil here (Delhi), the black soil, but it looks pretty similar. I think it's going to spin. That's our expectation and the wicket matches that. We will see," the skipper said.Ashton Agar or Matt KuhnemannThe skipper said that both rookie left-arm spinner Matt Kuhnemann and the tried and tested Ashton Agar were an option for the second Test."We are open to both (Kuhnemann and Agar) options. Both, we are really confident will do a fantastic job out there. They both had long sessions
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