Australia’s injury-hit bowling attack will be without Brett Lee and Mitchell Johnson as well as James Hopes on Wednesday after the pair was ruled out of the second ODI in Nagpur. Lee picked up a right elbow strain in Sunday’s opening win and Johnson hurt his left ankle, while Hopes limped off with a hamstring problem.

Andrew Hilditch, the chairman of selectors, said even though Lee and Johnson were improving they would not be ready for the second game of the seven-match series. Moises Henriques, the New South Wales allrounder, will fly back to India a couple of days after returning to Australia following his side’s win in the Champions League Twenty20. Henriques will be on standby until the fourth fixture and will join the team in Delhi on Thursday.

"With James Hopes’ right hamstring injury being more serious and likely to keep him out for at least the next two matches it is thought adding a standby player to the squad is a necessity," Hilditch said. "Given the most significant injury appears to be Hopes’ hamstring we have taken this opportunity to add Moises to the squad until the completion of game four in Mohali, where we will again assess the situation before it is decided if he remains with the squad."

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