1.   Also, left-arm spinner Neil McGarrell comes into the side as the second spinner.

2.   An unusually dry, dusty and already cracking pitch should mean Australia again plays fourth-Test hero Michael Bevan at seven as a second spinner.

3.   Both teams opted for a second spinner after a final look at a sparsely grassed pitch that is expected to help the spinners from the third day onwards.

4.   India is deciding whether to include another seamer in Debashish Mohanty or a second spinner in Harbhajan Singh.

5.   Selector Ross Dykes said a second spinner could be added after the pitch was inspected during the next two days.

6.   Singh is the second Indian spinner whose bowling action has been found suspect in the recent past.

7.   Sri Lanka is also reportedly planning to play a second spinner alongside Muralitharan.

8.   Thomson was preferred as the second spinner behind Dipak Patel, ahead of Matthew Hart.

9.   Kartik, who forced his selection after rich hauls in domestic cricket, will be the second spinner in the squad alongside Harbhajan Singh.