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Marnus Labuschagne has been dropped from the three-match ODI series against India, with high-performing Queensland colleague Matt Renshaw receiving a surprise call-up.

Performance Issues Result in Exclusion

Selectors dropped Labuschagne from the ODI team after being dismissed for one in each of his two innings during the top-end series against South Africa in August. The right-hander has a highest score of forty-seven in his most recent ten ODI batting appearances.

The batsman has featured in 68 one-day internationals and amassed 1,871 runs at an batting average of 34.64 runs per dismissal, but will now work towards a Test team comeback ahead of the Ashes beginning in Perth on November 21.

Surprise Inclusion and Other Squad Updates

Recent performances suggest of a resurgence with 160 for Queensland in the domestic first-class competition this week, while Renshaw made a century for the Bulls in the identical match against Tasmania.

Renshaw is in line to make his white-ball international debut in the upcoming series against India after previously being selected in an ODI squad in 2022.

He has played 14 Tests with the last coming in India in 2023 but is also hoping for a red-ball recall as Australia seek a answer to their batting top-order problems.

Bowling Additions and Fitness News

Left-arm quick Mitchell Starc returns for the ODI series against India after having time off since excelling for Australia in the whitewash of West Indies in July.

Big Bash star Mitch Owen may earn his ODI debut after being concussed in the build-up to Australia’s most recent 50-over series against South Africa.

Skipper Pat Cummins is still unavailable as he hopes to heal from a spinal issue in time to captain Australia in the first Ashes Test in November.

Squad Selection Strategy and Fixtures

Australia have named a squad for only the initial two T20 matches against India with the Ashes approaching, although Glenn Maxwell will miss all of the five-match series due to a wrist problem suffered in New Zealand.

Mitch Marsh will captain both the ODI and T20 sides after scoring a hundred in the last match against New Zealand to secure a two-nil victory last week.

“Selectors have announced a squad for the ODI series and first two games of the T20 series as there will be rotation through the later stages of the series as individuals prepare for the summer through domestic first-class matches,” selection chief George Bailey said.

“The majority of the T20 squad will stay as a group as it’s an important period in the build towards the T20 World Cup next year, however we are trying to strike a balance to ensure we simultaneously get ready specific players for the Test series ahead.”

Australia’s three-match ODI series against India commences on 19 October in Perth, before the opponents play five T20s from 29 October.

Australia ODI Squad:

• Mitchell Marsh captain
• Xavier Bartlett
• Alex Carey
• Cooper Connolly
• Ben Dwarshuis
• Nathan Ellis
• Cameron Green
• Josh Hazlewood
• Travis Head
• Josh Inglis
• Mitchell Owen
• Matthew Renshaw
• Matthew Short
• Mitchell Starc
• Adam Zampa

Australia T20 Team (initial two matches):

• Mitchell Marsh capt
• Sean Abbott
• Xavier Bartlett
• Tim David
• Ben Dwarshuis
• Nathan Ellis
• Josh Hazlewood
• Travis Head
• Josh Inglis
• Matthew Kuhnemann
• Mitchell Owen
• Matthew Short
• Marcus Stoinis
• Adam Zampa