'Very satisfying to get Kohli out' - Agar

Playing his first competitive game since March, left-arm spinner Ashton Agar celebrated his comeback by dismissing a man he admired - India Test captain Virat Kohli.

Agar, who has only recently recovered from shoulder injury, was in his fourth over when he trapped Kohli lbw for 16 off 42 balls and contributed to bundling India A out for 135 in Chennai.

"It was very satisfying to get Virat Kohli out," he said. "I look up to him as a batsman. He is one of my favourite players to watch bat. So, to get an opportunity to bowl to him was great and then to get him out was even better. I was very pleased with that."

Agar, who took 2 for 23 in 12 overs, credited his team-mates for sticking to their disciplines. The plan had been to attack the stumps to make the most of the occasional up-and-down bounce in the MA Chidambaram pitch. Considering they did not allow anyone to score more than 50, and shot the opposition out in 135 overs, it was a job well done.

"I think we bowled extremely well all day," Agar said. "So, bowling to the stumps, there is variable bounce in the pitch. If one shoots low, there is a chance of lbw or bowled. If one kicks a bit you get a chance for caught behind, caught in the slips or caught in front of the wicket.

There had been some resistance, with Karun Nair and Naman Ojha playing out a wicket-less second session but their 56-run fifth-wicket stand came in 197 balls. That meant Australia A felt they were never too far behind.

"So, we had a plan and we stuck to that the whole time and though we din't get any wickets in the middle session, their scoreboard wasn't really moving," Agar said. "So, we knew if we got two wickets quickly then they are in a lot of trouble and that's what happened and we were able to run through the tail in the end. I think our plan went really well."

Agar then got on to grip and turn sharply past Ojha's defences and seeing that even seamers like Gurinder Sandhu decided to follow suit. Sandhu took 3 for 25.

"When the spinners were bowling, there was some turn out there. So we thought we could try our offcutters and legcutters and see what happens. It might turn and grip a little, it might hold when you play and someone tries to get a catch in front of the wicket. We just thought we could give it a go. If you don't try, you don't know what's going to happen. He [Stoinis] tried a little more than I did. It worked for him last game and it worked for him this game. It was just the change up to the normal ball or the cross-seam ball."