Australian captain Ricky Ponting on Tuesday said Jason Krejza, the offspinner, stood a good chance of making his Test debut on Wednesday.
Krejza, the lone specialist spinner in the Australian team, was ignored for the first and second Tests, after he was torn apart in the tour game leading up to the Bengaluru Test.
Ponting said, "He's definitely in the reckoning, the wicket is a little bit loose on the surface, that would indicate late in the game it will probably loosen up more, so spin is a definite option for us.
“Jason is more of an attacking, aggressive sort of bowler, he does get the ball in the air and put a lot of revs on the ball, spins the ball, gets a lot of overspin on the ball as well, so you'd probably look at him as more of a wicket-taker than a containing type of spinner.”
Ponting said it also helped Krejza's confidence, which took a battering in the tour match, that Bishan Singh Bedi, one of India's legendary spinners, spent time with him at the nets. Ponting said, "I'm not sure how it came around that (Bedi) was there... speaking to Jason, Bishen's been helpful and he's also had some good things to say about Jason which has probably been good for him.
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