India is considering playing two spinners in the fourth and final Test against Australia and has brought left-armer Pragyan Ojha into the squad for the match, stand-in captain Virender Sehwag said Monday. Right-arm off-spinner Ravi Ashwin also returns to the 12-man squad after missing the third Test in Perth. “We'll decide in the morning,” Sehwag told a news conference on the eve of the match. “It depends on the wicket, if we think it's dry enough and there's help for spinners, we will definitely go with two spinners.” The wicket looked to have little green on it on Monday and with temperatures reaching the mid 30s Celcius in Adelaide is likely to dry out further before play commences Tuesday. Sehwag, leading the side in place of banned Mahendra Singh Dhoni, said medium pace bowler R Vinay Kumar, a debutant in the third test at Perth who took one wicket for 73 runs, had been dropped. Dhoni was banned for the match by the International Cricket Council (ICC) after his team's failure to maintain an acceptable over rate at the WACA. Wriddhiman Saha, who played just one test two years ago, is also included in the squad and almost certain to replace his skipper behind the stumps as the tourists look to restore some pride after losing seven successive overseas tests. Meanwhsile, Australia has left paceman Mitchell Starc out and brought spinner Nathan Lyon back into the side, captain Michael Clarke said. Starc was one of a quartet of quicks selected for the third Test in Perth, where the Australians won by an innings and 37 runs in two and a half days to take a 3-0 lead in the series. Peter Siddle, Ben Hilfenhaus and Ryan Harris, all more experienced quick bowlers than 21-year-old Starc, have kept their places in an otherwise unchanged side for the match. Clarke said he expected conditions at the Adelaide Oval to be more conducive to batting than the lively wicket at the WACA, with spin coming into play later in the test. Although India's much vaunted batting line-up has failed to record a century between them in this series, the Australia skipper was not about to underestimate them. “We know these conditions will suit India better than Perth so we're to have to be at our best to beat them,” he told a news conference. “I think reverse swing will play a huge role in this Test match... when the heat gets up in the afternoon,” he added. “It's as close to Indian conditions as you'll get in Australia.”
