Don't understand why Australia is not playing a tour game in India: Clarke

Former Australia captain Michael Clarke cannot fathom why Pat Cummins side is not playing practice or tour games ahead of the BorderGavaskar series beginning in India on February 9Australia will be touring India for the fourTest series with the opening game scheduled at Nagpur and Clarke opined that not playing a tour game could have a significant impact on the outcomeThats the part not playing tour games I dont understand Clarke was quoted as saying by Big Sports Breakfast on TuesdayThe no tour game before the first Test in India I hope Im proven wrong but I think that is going to be significantClarke who played 115 Tests and scored more than 8600 runs added that playing 20over or 50over games in India was completely different from competing in the longest format especially while countering spinAlso readPat Cummins It was a gutsy effortYou need a completely different plan to what you have been playing in Australia the way you start your innings against spin bowling the way you play reverse swing through the Australian summer we didnt see any reverse swing the games were over in two three days he saidFormer Australia wicketkeeper Ian Healy too had recently expressed surprise at the side not playing a tour game saying he was a little bit worriedClarke added that the probability of India playing at least two spinner in the fourTest series could well favour them given that the Australians are predominantly playing quick bowlersSo reverse swing is going to play a big part in India all these batters that walk out and play bowlers bowling 130140ks theres every chance India is going to play at least two spinners so its a completely different gameAustralia will likely arrive in India in the middle of next week giving them around seven days to tune up for the gruelling series and Clarke felt that wouldnt be enoughYou need to bat in the best possible conditions in India because after that if you havent grown up playing in those conditions man its extremely difficult to start your inningsAnd if you get in you need to go on and make a big score because your first 20 runs in India in second innings whoa a ball that you go forward to and block in Australia easily against spin over there can roll along the ground can bounce and take your gloveYou can go to block it outside off and it bowls you leg stump natural variation over there is massiveHowever Australia head coach Andrew McDonald said the side had played quite a few series of late without a tour game being part of the itineraryNo tour game is something weve done in the last few series before embarking on overseas tours McDonald was quoted as saying by SMHWe feel as though we dont need that match practice as such Were going to go to India about a week out from the first game We didnt want to press for too much longer in terms of the preparationWe feel as though seven days is ample time to get ready and to make sure we maintain freshness throughout the whole four Test match seriesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever