Australian captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat in the first Test against India.
They announced a 15-man squad on Tuesday for the World Cup starting next month in the West Indies.
Australia won the third and final Test against West Indies on Monday to complete a 2-0 series victory after a battling fourth-innings display from the hosts.
Left-arm seamer Mitchell Johnson was Australia's leading bowler in the recent one-day series in India and is likely to join Brett Lee and Stuart Clark in a three-pronged pace attack for the first Test against Sri Lanka in Brisbane starting on Nov 8.
Two down in the seven-match series, Mahendra Singh Dhoni made three changes to the Indian team, including R P Singh, Sourav Ganguly and Murali Kartik in place of S Sreesanth, Gautam Gambhir and Rohit Sharma, for the fourth ODI against Australia.
Stuart Clark took five wickets to help Australia win the first Test against West Indies on Monday by 95 runs after bowling out the hosts for 191 at Sabina Park.
Andrew Symonds subdued his normal attacking instincts with a patient 79 to help Australia reach 167 all out in their second innings on the fourth day of the first Test against West Indies on Sunday. At the close West Indies, set 287 to win, were 46 for one
England lost three quick wickets in the last hour to slump to 53 for three in reply to Australia's 602-9 declared on the second day of the first Ashes Test on Friday.
Off-spinner Dan Cullen has been drafted into Australia's squad for the Champions Trophy in place of injured paceman Stuart Clark.
Australia's squad for the series involving India and Sri Lanka, with the exception of Shaun Tait, is the same squad that played against New Zealand for the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy.
Brett Lee said he was pleased to have achieved the milestone of 250 Test wickets. 'It feels fantastic. When you're nine years of age and thinking of playing one Test match and taking one Test wicket and then to think you're in the 250 club, it's a pretty special moment. I'm a very proud man,' he said.
Australia's Phil Jaques will replace the retired Justin Langer in the first Test against Sri Lanka.
Clark, Australia's leading wicket-taker in the Ashes series against England, was left out in favour of the faster Shaun Tait.
Australia seamer Stuart Clark said Australia would win all the six home Tests to be played this summer, including the two against Sri Lanka.
They will replace Martyn and Clark in their squad for the ODI series in Bangladesh.
The pair will replace Stuart Clark and Ben Hilfenhaus in a reshuffled team for the fourth match of the triangular series.
Shahid Afridi continues to lead the table of the most valuable players (MVP) in the ongoing Twenty20 World Championship.
Shane Warne crowned his international farewell with a brilliant half-century to put Australia in control of the final Ashes Test against England on Thursday.
West Indies brought back fast bowlers Jerome Taylor and Fidel Edwards in place of Marlon Samuels and Corey Collymore.
Shane Warne is in doubt for Australia's second Test against West Indies because of back pain
Both sides made one change from Wednesday's first match, won convincingly by Australia by 93 runs.
The 31-year-old pacer has been a model of consistency in his first Ashes series, taking 21 wickets to equal Shane Warne.
Australia stormed to an innings and 99 runs victory, wrapping up a fourth straight win in the series with more than two days remaining.
Australia levelled the five-match one-day international series against South Africa at 2-2 after a nerve-shredding one-wicket victory.
The fast bowler captured six wickets in his first Test for almost 11 months as England collapsed to 157 all out on the third day of the first Ashes Test.
Australia named five fast bowlers in a 13-man squad for next week's first Ashes Test against England.
Stuart Clark is set to make his international debut on Friday.
The 14-man Australia A squad will play two four-day matches against Pakistan A in Rawalpindi and three 50-over matches against the same opposition in Lahore.
Stuart Clark took five wickets for 55 on his debut to snatch the advantage for Australia on the first day of the first Test against South Africa.
Shaun Tait tore cartilage in his shoulder and will need surgery, while Brad Hogg has damaged cartilage in his knee.
Middlesex fast bowler Stuart Clark has been called up by Australia for the final Ashes Test as cover for Glenn McGrath
Australia have called uncapped fast bowler Stuart Clark into their squad for the third Ashes Test
Australia great Allan Bordrer was baffled by Cricket Australia's decision to rest all-rounder Mitchell Marsh from the squad for the second one-day international against India here. The junior of the Marsh brother has been replaced by John Hastings. Justifying the move selector Rod Marsh stated, "Mitch is a tremendous asset to Australian cricket and we are conscious of managing his workload and his travel, especially with so much cricket to come during the rest of this summer and beyond. "By taking this decision we have opted to give him an extra day at home in Perth after match one, before he flies to Melbourne on Thursday to prepare for Sunday's third match of the series."
No Indian bowler has had a better debut year in Test cricket than the young lad from the Gujarat and Mumbai Indians teams.
Shane Watson's spectacular decline as Australia's premier all-rounder has not yet robbed him of his self-belief and the 33-year-old is still hopeful of making a comeback in the World Cup team.
The trio, stripped of their positions, will discover the full extent of their punishment in the next "24 hours" with Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland promising "significant sanctions" at a news conference in Johannesburg.
As the global cricket community prays for Australia cricketer Phillip Hughes' recovery from a severe head injury, fast bowlers rushed to the defence of Sean Abbott, whose short-pitched ball struck the batsman and left him fighting for his life.
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