India captain Anil Kumble has highlighted spin as Australia's weakness in the coming Test series and believes Brad Hogg would pose few worries for the visiting batsmen if selected for Boxing Day.
Kumble said India's batsmen could confidently handle any spin offering Australia deployed post-Shane Warne and without injured Stuart MacGill, predicting Test cricket would provide Hogg a tough challenge despite his one-day success.
India's 16-man squad arrived on Tuesday confident of achieving a maiden series win in Australia, especially given the four-Test series begins at the MCG and then the SCG, where the wickets should be conducive to spin.
"We're very used to playing spinners so it's not an issue for us, but yes, if the wickets have spin, then definitely we have the advantage," Kumble said.