Pace bowler Nathan Bracken has been named ahead of legspinner Stuart MacGill for Australia in the first Test.
Ricky Ponting said the key to playing two spinners in the future is the addition of promising all-rounder Shane Watson.
Brad Hodge was named 12th man while Michael Clarke moved up the batting order to four for the ICC Super Test.
The leg-spinner was recalled to the Australia squad for the Test series against Sri Lanka.
Sydney-born Chris Rogers hit a double century for Leicestershire to deny Australia a win before the Ashes series.
Australia's fast medium bowler returns to the Test and ODI team after sitting out a year because of an ankle injury.
The leg spinner was picked for Thursday's first Test even though the pitch in Perth usually favours fast bowlers.
The tourists were 11-0 off 6.1 overs when rain stopped play.
MacGill was replaced by Brad Hogg in one of three changes to the Australian team that crushed Zimbabwe in the first Test.
Stuart MacGill took 10-133 as Australia beat Bangladesh by an innings and 98 runs on the fourth day of the second Test to clinch the series 2-0.
MacGill has the career statistics of 121 wickets in 24 Tests, five wickets a Test.
The Australia Test leg spinner had a heated exchange with an umpire during a one-day game.
The leg-spinner was the only change to the side that thrashed England in each of the first three Tests to clinch the five-match series.
'India's strength is batting and it is under attack right now. It is time to stand up and be counted.'
Batsmen have dominated Australia's series against New Zealand, but the pink ball and a green-tinged wicket should swing the balance of power back to the bowlers when Adelaide hosts Test cricket's inaugural day-night match.
When he had Jonny Bairstow (5) caught behind on the second day of the third Test at Edgbaston, the 33-year-old reached the milestone, in what is his 69th Test.
It was not long ago that Australia wicketkeeper Tim Paine was considering giving up the game entirely. Now he is set to captain the team as they look to pick up the pieces following the ball-tampering scandal.
Ravichandran Ashwin has become the fastest Indian bowler to take bag hundred Test wickets during the second match against West Indies at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
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