The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Sunday included Axar Patel in place of fellow left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja in the 15-man national squad for the last two One-Day Internationals (ODI) against Australia.
Jadeja had not played the first three matches of the ongoing five-match series.
India have already taken an unassailable 3-0 in the series following their five-wicket win in the third ODI at Indore on Sunday.
The BCCI also decided to rest Jadeja's regular spin partner Ravichandran Ashwin and had ruled him out of the squad even before the start of the current series.
Ashwin is playing county cricket in England at present.
In the absence of the star spin pair, the young duo of left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav and leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal have given a good account of themselves against Australia.
While Kuldeep has taken seven wickets in the three matches, Chahal has scalped six.
Rain threat looms over 4th ODI
BENGAlURU: Rain threat looms large over the fourth ODI between India and Australia here on Thursday with the weathermen predicting spells of thundershowers in the next 24 to 48 hours.
In the last 24 hours, many parts of the city had witnessed heavy rain with the met department recording a 54 mm of rainfall.
As per weathermen, good rains of moderate to heavy intensity will continue in next 24 to 48 hours.
The curators at the Chinnaswamy Stadium are taking every step to keep the pitch dry to avoid a shortened game.
The stadium, however, has a cutting-edge technology to deal with wet conditions.
The technology helps umpires to resume the match quickly even after heavy rain.