India are considering an unusual four-pronged pace attack for the third Test against Australia but won’t settle on their final line-up until just before the match, said captain M.S. Dhoni.

“A lot depends on how it looks before the start of the game,” Dhoni said of the pitch, hinting that spinner Ravi Ashwin could miss the match.

“It will affect us to some extent, especially in the bowling department.

“We have to see how much grass is taken off and how much rolling is done and how hard the wicket is.

“We have to see whether the spinner will get some kind of assistance or not,” he said.

“Our bowling will be structured depending on the wicket.”

“I am looking forward to the challenge of bowling to the Indians here. It has been a great challenge for me so far but hopefully I can find something out of this deck. It has a little bit more bounce for me which helps,” Lyon insisted.

“It has been a hard task bowling off-spin to them. Their hands are unbelievable … so quick and with great control. They use all parts of the ground. Their whole batting line-up are really confident against spin. (Rahul) Dravid and (Sachin) Tendulkar are challenging to bowl to, (Virender) Sehwag comes hard and is always up for the trouble.

Australia Squad:
Ed Cowan,David Warner,Shaun Marsh,Ricky Ponting,Michael Clarke (c),Michael Hussey,Brad Haddin (w),Ben Hilfenhaus,
Peter Siddle,Mitchell Starc,Ryan Harris,Daniel Christian (sub),,Nathan Lyon (sub),James Pattinson (sub),

India Squad:
Virender Sehwag,Gautam Gambhir,Rahul Dravid,Sachin Tendulkar,VVS Laxman,Virat Kohli,MS Dhoni (c) (w),Zaheer Khan
Ishant Sharma,Umesh Yadav,Vinay Kumar,Ravichandran Ashwin (sub),Abhimanyu Mithun (sub),Pragyan Ojha (sub)
Ajinkya Rahane (sub),Wriddhiman Saha (sub),Rohit Sharma (sub)

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