Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh today claimed Australia
is short on spin bowling options and Indian batsmen would feast on Brad Hogg's
bowling should the left-arm chinaman bowler be selected for the first Test in
Melbourne.
The Punjab bowler declared Hogg was not close to the illustrious tweakers
that have represented Australia at Test level in recent times.
"Without (Shane) Warne and (Stuart) MacGill, there are
no quality spinners in Australia," Harbhajan told the 'Herald' newspaper.
"From our point of view, we would be happy to see how
Hogg would go against the best players of spin in the world. It would be a big
test for him, and we all know how he bowls," Harbhajan said.
"He is not close to the class of Warne and MacGill. If
they play Hoggy, I will wish him all the best because I have nothing against
him, but I would be happy to see him bowl at our batsmen. If you look at our
line-up, we have players like Sourav (Ganguly), VVS (Laxman), Sachin (Tendulkar)
and Rahul (Dravid). They're all great players of spin," he added.
Australian selectors will name the Test squad for the Melbourne
Test on Thursday.
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