And finally all teams has announced their final squad for the encounter at the sub-continent.Spin is always a important factor in sub-continent with spin-friendly pitches,Where the ball turns from the word go.All sub-continent teams has taken many slow bowling options,on the other way Australia will be rely on only one specialist spinner.Suprisingly the proteas has chosen to go with three specialist tweakers with Johan Botha to lead the command.Left arm orthodox spinner Robin Peterson and uncapped Pakistan Punjab born leggie Imran Tahir will assist him.Tahir who has yet to play in Proteas colours will be the surprise package.South Africa has many slow bowling options with part time offies JP Duminy,Smith and leg-break all rounder Faf Du Plessis.Plessis,who bowled just 1 over against India at Cape town is impressive with his drift and bounce.Heading towards team India Selectors has choosen three specialist spinners with Harbhajan leading the attack.Highly rated(only bowler except Mendis to bowl Carrom ball) offie R.Aswin and UP leg spinner P.Chawla are also in the squad.Chawla who has played 21 ODI's(all away) and yet to make his home limited overs debut.Part timers Yusuf,Raina,Yuvi and Shewag will free up their arms if required.World champion Australia eyeing for there 4th consucative title has picked only one spinner.After so much confusion in Ashes with Xaviar Dohetry and Michael Beer finally Hauritz has been make it to final squad.Hauritz,the best available spinner down under who has good record aganist India will be the main slow bowling weapon for the Oz attack. Leggies Steve Smith and C.White have to play the role of Stuart Law.Michael Clarke and David Hussy are the other spinning options.The Ashes winner English team has picked promising finger spinner Graeme Swann as their front line spinner.Swanny is in his best form with 59 ODI wkts @24.33.Left arm orthodox bowler Michael Yardy and inexperienced offie James Tredwell are also in the squad.The 1996 champion Sri Lanka has picked 3 spin experts in their squad.Most wicket taker Muralidharan,spin sensation Ajantha Mendis and tweaker Rangana Herath are in the Sri lankan team.The Lankan has many part time options with Dilshan,Samarweera and Chamara Silva.Pakistan who was in spot fixing scandal has various new faces in spin department.Danish Kaneria and Shoib Malik failed to get world cup berths.Left arm spinner Abdul Rehman and offie Saeed Ajmal will lead the spin attack.Shahid Afridi and Hafeez will assist the attack.It will be a world cup of spin potential.
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