Ind vs Aus Tests | Ashton Agar released from squad, returns home to play domestic cricket

Ashton Agar has returned home without playing any match as off-spinner Todd Murphy was selected ahead of him

Australia spinner Ashton Agar has flown home after he was released from the Test squad touring India to play domestic cricket, national selector Tony Dodemaide said on Wednesday.

Agar will play for Western Australia in the closing stages of the domestic season.

The 29-year-old left-arm spinner is the latest Australian to return home midway into the tour, with the visitors having lost the first two Tests of the four-match series.

"(Agar) has worked incredibly hard, he's done his absolute best to support the team. We acknowledge all work he's done, he's worked his backside off," Dodemaide said.

"In the first Test (in Nagpur) it was a very close call (between Murphy, Agar and Swepson) as to what spin structure we went with. The question mark of whether the two off-spinners could go together," said the selector on tour.

"We had Matthew Kuhnemann coming in for the second Test – again a very close call with that. We just decided that Matthew's style would be suited to the conditions there."

Agar has returned home without playing any match as off-spinner Todd Murphy was selected ahead of him for the first Test in Nagpur. In the second Test, even though Australia opted for three spinners, Agar was again left out, with fellow left-arm spinner Matthew Kuhnemann making his debut.