Affirmation Australia has axed Travis Head regardless of his nice type at residence over the summer season.

Brett Lee says “I am stunned” by the shock axing.

Todd Murphy debuts and Peter Handscomb makes a long-awaited return to the staff.

Australia: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Matthew Renshaw, Peter Handscomb, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Todd Murphy, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland

India: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, KS Bharat (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj