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Australia's limited overs captain Aaron Finch was named captain of the team.
Bumrah will bowl to the likes of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma and test his back as the training team led by Nitin Patel believe that he has recovered from the injury.
Kohli and Bumrah will, however, be back for the two-Test series against the Windies which is a part of the inaugural World Test Championship.
The 25-year-old Indian pace spearhead was ruled out of the Test series against South Africa with a lower back injury.
Using players sparingly is what seems to be skipper Kohli's moto with focus on the big tournaments.
Bumrah has been ruled out of the home Test series against South Africa after suffering a stress fracture in his back.
Bumrah finished as the leading wicket-taker in the series with 13 dismissals at an exceptional average of 9.23.
The Indians wrapped up both Tests inside four days riding on some fine batting performances by the middle order duo of Rahane and Vihari and quality fast bowling by Bumrah and Ishant.
Sources in the know of developments said that the pacer went through an assessment post the Diwali break and the recovery is on track and the bowler should be back in action at the start of the new year.
Kohli is sitting pretty at the top of the rankings for batsmen with 895 rating points.
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