Former spinner Harbhajan Singh has criticized Team India’s inconsistency with spinners in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia.

Notably, India overlooked the experienced duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja in the first Test at Perth and picked Washington Sundar instead.

In the pink-ball Test at the Adelaide Oval, the visitors benched Sundar to pave the way for Ashwin’s selection. The Rohit Sharma-led decided to replace Ashwin with Jadeja for the ongoing third Test at the Gabba.

Sharing his views on constant changes in the playing XI, Harbhajan termed the team selection 'unacceptable'.

"If I respond to this question, headlines would be made," Harbhajan said while answering during his commentary on Star Sports.

"Don't think what happened was right. Sundar played the first Test but your prime spinners were (R) Ashwin and (Ravindra) Jadeja. You played Sundar but should've persisted with him. You dropped him to bring Ashwin in, who didn't bowl bad by any means. I thought Ashwin or Sundar should've been picked for the third Test but Jadeja was picked. It has become a big question for me," he added.

Ashwin is India’s second highest wicket-taker in Test cricket, claiming 537 wickets in 106 matches so far. He needs 83 more wickets to surpass the great Anil Kumle’s tally of 619 scalps to become India’s leading wicket-taker in the longest format.

On the other hand, Jadeja is occupying the fifth spot in the illustrious list with 319 Test scalps to his name.

"Maybe they (Team India) don't trust any spinner. One has over 300 wickets, other over 500 wickets. This team selection isn't acceptable to me. I wanted to see either Ashwin or Sundar," Harbhajan remarked.

"Now that Jadeja has been picked, I hope he plays next match too as chopping on changing would lower the confidence of players," he concluded.