Australia in a spin over World T20 selections Andrew Wu Squad - Scoreboard: Page 25 The logic applied to dump Matthew Wade as wicketkeeper for the World Twenty20 was not extended to strengthen Australia's slow bowling stocks, leaving the team dangerously thin for spin in India. 
Wade was axed for Peter Nevill because, "I think we needed the best wicketkeeper for India," said chairman of selectors Rod Marsh.
But in picking uncapped duo Adam Zampa and Ashton Agar, and part-timer Glenn Maxwell, Australia bucked a trend in a tournament where several of the leading contenders have opted for three frontline tweakers on India's spin-friendly tracks.
There was again white-ball heartache for the country's premier slow bowler Nathan Lyon while leg-spinner Cameron Boyce was unlucky to be jettisoned after playing a big part in Australia's build- up to the event.
Agar, who Marsh said was the last man picked in the 15-man squad, was handed a berth despite bowling only nine overs in the Big Bash. Marsh conceded Agar may not even play at all.
"We thought the 15th player, and in some ways he was the 15th player chosen, should go to another spin bowler and we thought that Ashton was the best package as the spin bowler," Marsh said.
"I know he didn't bowl a lot during the Big Bash but we've been tracking his progress and we've had him since 2013 as you all know and he's coming along nicely and he'll continue to develop.
"  Maybe at the end of the tournament if we get that far and the pitches are turning, maybe it'll prove to be a wise decision.   Maybe he won't play, I don't know."
Lyon continues to be out of favour in the limited-overs formats despite being Australia's best spinner but Marsh said he had not been pigeon holed as a Test specialist.
Lyon's World Twenty20 audition lasted just one over, albeit an expensive one, at the hands of Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan. He lost out again to Maxwell, who has hit an alarming rut with bat and ball since an injury late in the summer.
"Maxwell is the off-spinning man for the T20, and we weren't going to carry two of them, we found that out," Marsh said.
Marsh said Zampa received the nod over Boyce in a "very tight call", but despite their superior form to Agar, selectors did not want to fly over two leggies.