Emerging all-rounder Cameron Green has earned his first call-up to the national side, named in an 18-man squad for the limited-overs matches against India.
The 21-year-old, along with New South Wales all-rounder Moises Henriques, are the notable inclusions in the squad.
The pair come into the squad which is missing Mitchell Marsh, who injured his ankle while playing in the Indian Premier League.
"Cameron's domestic form has been outstanding and he has carried it through for Western Australia this summer," selector Trevor Hohns said.
"As a potential player of the future this is an opportunity for him to be part of the squad and build on his experience."
Green has already made four Sheffield Shield hundreds, including 197 against New South Wales last week. His first-class batting average of 52, along with his bowling average of 21, has many tipping big things from him in the future.
Just last week former Australian captain Greg Chappell told The Australian that Green was the best young player he'd seen since Ricky Ponting.
Henriques, who led the Sydney Sixers to the BBL title in 2019-20, earns another shot at international level, having last represented Australia in 2017.
"Moises is a tremendous cricketer with loads of experience and is a great person to have around the group. His form was extremely impressive in leading the Sixers to the BBL title last summer and he has played well at the start of this season," Hohns said.
Cricket Australia's move to give players a rest from hubs before the Big Bash League will leave off-spinner Nathan Lyon without a top-level match in five weeks, leading into the first Test against India.
Lyon has been overlooked for the six white-ball matches against India that precede the Test series, meaning the Sheffield Shield match between New South Wales and Tasmania, due to start on November 8, will be his last competitive hit out before the Adelaide Test on December 17.
In normal circumstances the Sheffield Shield would run through until late November, with the BBL currently scheduled to start on December 3. However, CA is determined to give the players a break from hubs at some point during the season.
Lyon, who is on track to play his 100th Test match at the Gabba in January, needs just 10 more wickets to become the third Australian, after Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath, to take 400 Test wickets.
His success in the red ball format has never translated to the limited overs game, where he's played just 29 ODIs and two T20s for Australia, with his most recent appearance in the short forms coming at the 2019 World Cup.
Lyon went to England in September for the ODI and T20 series, but didn't play a game with selectors preferring Adam Zampa and Ashton Agar for the spinning duties.
India will likely start favourites for the 50-over series, having won the corresponding fixtures 2-1 the last time they visited these shores, in 2018. India are currently ranked second in the world in that format of the game, with Australia fourth.
Australian limited-overs squad: Aaron Finch (c), Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins (vc), Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Moises Henriques, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Daniel Sams, Kane Richardson, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Adam Zampa.
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