Collingwood hit an unbeaten 80 and impressed in the field as England cruised to a 152-run win in their ICC Champions Trophy match.
Venugopal Rao will open the India innings with Sourav Ganguly.
Zimbabwe will play two matches on their first Test tour Down Under.
Australia easily overhauled Zimbabwe's respectable total of 205 for 9 in the first ODI, losing three wickets.
Trevor Gripper, Sean Ervine and Ray Price have also been included in Zimbabwe's 17-man squad for the first Test against Sri Lanka.
13 leading players, all of them white and including former captain Heath Streak, refused to play in the one-day and Test series after a row over selection policy.
Zimbabwe axed their coach Dav Whatmore and captain Hamilton Masakadza just days before the arrival of India for a five-match limited-overs tour.
Rajneesh Gupta surveys the cricketing milestones from the Mohali Test.
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