COLOMBO. Sept 8: India, fighting to atay in contention in the four-nation World Series one-day tournament, are expected to unleash three spinners on Australia in Friday's crucial match, reports AFP

Left-armer Venkatapathy Raju is likely to Join off-spinner Rajesh Chauhan and leggle Anil Kumble in the bowling attack for the match India must wtn to keep their hopes alive.

Raju is expected to replace seamer Javagal Srinath in the team that lost the rain-hit tournament opener against Srl Lanka on Monday.

India must win both their remaining' matches against Australia and Pakistan to qualify for the final of the two-week event

Indian manager Ajit Wadekar said Thursday he will finalise the playing eleven for the day-night international Just before, the toss, but Indicated the likelihood of using three spinners.

"The wicket at the Prema dasa Stadium is a slow turner, so we may play an additional spinner. ' he said. "J .believe the Australians will have trouble picking the turn."

Wadekar said he did not read too much into Monday’s defeat against Sri Lanka, saying the shortened 25-overs-a-slde match was like a lottery.

The result may have been different if we had won the toss and fielded first when the outfield was drying up. Sri Lanka had the better of the । undittons right through the match." he said.

But Wadekar urged his team to lift their game if the Australians were to be defeated.

"The Australians must be very confident after their vic- ' tory over Pakistan on Wednesday- They are a very competent one-day side, but we will not give in easily." the Indian manager said.

His Australian counterpart Bob Simpson said his team was well-prepared to take on the Ipdians.

"We are getting into the groove after the long lay-off. But the Indians cannot be dismissed easily. There are’ nc easy outings in one-day cricket," he said.

INDIA (from): Mohammad Azharuddin (captain). Sachin Tendulkar. Nayjot Sidhu, Manoj Prabhakar. Vinod Kambli. Atul Bedade. Nayan Mongla (wicketkeeper). Kapil Dev. Anil Kumble. Rajesh Chauhan. Venkatapathy Raju. Javagal Srinath. Ajay Jadeja

AUSTRALIA (from): Mark Taylor (captain). Michael Slater. David Boon. .Mark Waugh, Steve Waugh. Michael Bevan. Ian Healy (wicketkeeper). Craig McDermott. Glenn McGrath, Shane Warne. Tim May, Jo Angel. Damien Fleming, Justin Langer, Gavin Robertson,