“The good thing is,someone like Ashton Agar was in our last team (against South Africa),Mitchell Swepson played in our last two overseas tours,so there is a bit of experience there,and Todd Murphy has played a lot of first-class leading here,” Cummins said.
“We feel we have a lot of support around Nathan Lyon. Again,these four days have been really important,and we had a bit of a spinning camp before we got on the plane.”
Cummins on Saturday again backed his fast bowlers to do the job,whether that be as attacking weapons,or locking down batsmen in a more selfless role while others probed.
Warner,36,spoke of exhaustion before leaving local shores,having had a demanding home summer of international cricket and a lucrative return to the Big Bash League.
The robust opener has been given time off early on the tour,but has been dissecting how best he can rectify a poor record in India,where he has averaged only 24.25 in eight Tests,without a century. His top score is 71.
“I haven’t noticed any fatigue in David Warner since I got here,” McDonald said.
“I would probably dispel that as a bit of a myth. He has had a couple of days off … he has been there (at training) for one of the two days,and he is not there today.
“We are managing each individual coming in around their specific preparation and where they have been and there is no doubt it was a demanding summer into BBL,and it creates a challenge back into Test match cricket. But we feel the preparation we have him on he will be recharged and ready to go. It has been well documented he hasn’t had the series that he would like. It’s always challenging.
“But I think the way he is applying himself in his downtime to really land on a method to take on the Indian spinners and also the quicks and to have a successful tour,I think you will see him fully invigorated and invested and fully charged for the challenge ahead.”
The tourists will train again on Sunday,and leave for Nagpur on Monday.