Australian captain Pat Cummins is confident on Mitchell Marsh to have impact both with bat and ball in the absence of Cameron Green in the high-octane Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

Cameron was ruled out of the entire summer due to a back surgery. And Australia is void of an all-rounder. There has never been any doubt on Marsh's ability with the bat but the big question was about his fitness to do the dual purpose on the field. But Pat Cummins said he'll use Mitchell Marsh as the fourth pacer.

“I’ll never put an upper-limit (on overs) for anyone. He’ll definitely bowl this Test - well, he’s definitely available to bowl,” Cummins said.

“He’s an allrounder. With the way us four bowlers are set out, we never really budget an allrounder bowling heaps. So I would imagine (Marsh bowls) a few spells each innings or something like that.

“But he’s ready to go. He’s been bowling really well this week. His body’s great, the best it’s been for a while. He’s ready to go and happy to bowl as much as we need.”

On the contrary, Marnus Labuschagne is also spending a lot of time in the nets bowling medium pace. While he's also capable of turning the ball.

“He’s always trying to impress with the ball, which is great. He loves bowling,” Cummins said.

“He’s bowled some handy overs for Queensland. Obviously, he’s got leg spin (and he has) bowled a bit of off spin in the past, and then this year it’s been onto pace bowling.
“I’m sure he’ll get the ball at some stage. And he’s been bowling quite a few bouncers as well. So that’s maybe something we’ll turn to at some point.”