Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Cricket Australia's National Selection Panel (NSP) have named the squad for the Prime Minister's XI match against India in Canberra
Renshaw was handed a Test lifeline as the only change in a 13-man squad for the two-Test series starting on January 17 in Adelaide, leaving Bancroft and Harris out in the cold.
Australian batter Matt Renshaw scored 7 runs off a single ball to reach his half-century in a practice Test against Pakistan.
Australia were on Monday dealt further blow when fast bowler Josh Hazlewood was ruled out of the remaining two matches of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after failing to recover from his left achilles injury
Having snubbed Travis Head for the first Test against India, Australia found themselves with a selection dilemma for the second Test in New Delhi.
IND vs AUS Highlights, 1st Test, Day 3: India outplayed Australia by an innings and 132 runs in the first Test of the four-match series at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur.
Matthew Renshaw was injured in the warm-up session ahead of Day 2 of the first Test between India and Australia.
Ravindra Jadeja was in brilliant form as he dismissed Marnus Labuschagne and Matt Renshaw in the same over.
With the Border-Gavaskar series set to begin in Nagpur, a lot of focus is on how the Pat Cummins-led Australia will face the Indian off-spinner, who made history in 2021 by becoming the first bowler to take 200 wickets of left-handers.
AUS vs SA, 3rd Test, Day 4 Live Updates: South Africa ended Day 4 of the ongoing third Test against Australia at 149/6 in Sydney. At stumps, Marco Jansen (10*) and Simon Harmer (6*) remained unbeaten at the crease as the visitors trail by326 runs