NEW DELHI: Australia will be without leg-spinner Adam Zampa and wicketkeeper Josh Inglis for the first ODI against India in Perth on Sunday. Matthew Kuhnemann and Josh Philippe have been named as their replacements.

Zampa will miss the highly anticipated match in Perth due to paternity leave. Wicketkeeper Josh Inglis, sidelined with a calf strain, will also be unavailable, with Josh Philippe stepping in behind the stumps. Alex Carey, Australia's first-choice wicketkeeper for Tests and ODIs, was another option but is currently playing a Sheffield Shield match as part of his Ashes preparations, keeping him out of the series opener.

Inglis will also be absent for the second ODI in Adelaide next week, which will see Carey return to the 50-over side. However, Cricket Australia remain hopeful that Inglis will recover in time for the final ODI in Sydney on October 25. The injury, sustained during a running session in Perth, had already ruled him out of Australia's tour of New Zealand in September.

Philippe has not featured in an ODI since Australia's three-match tour of the Caribbean in 2021, where he played as a specialist opening batter under Alex Carey's captaincy. Over the past two years, he has not represented Australia in any format but has impressed for Australia A in red-ball cricket and holds a strong domestic one-day record for New South Wales and Western Australia.

Zampa will miss the first ODI as his wife, Harriet, is in the late stages of pregnancy with their second child. He has chosen to remain at home in northern New South Wales but is expected to return for the second and third ODIs. Matthew Kuhnemann has been called up as Zampa’s replacement and looks set to make his first ODI appearance for Australia in three years.

If included in the final XI, it will be Kuhnemann's first appearance in an ODI on home soil, after featuring in four matches in Sri Lanka in 2022. He has travelled non-stop with the Australian team throughout the winter.

He was a part of Australia's squads for the World Test Championship final, the three-match Test tour and five-match T201 tour of the Caribbean, the three-match T201 and three-match ODI home series against South Africa, and the three-match T201 tour of New Zealand.

Series schedule:

First ODI: October 19, Perth
Second ODI: October 23, Adelaide
Third ODI: October 25, Sydney

First T20I: October 29, Canberra
Second T20I: October 31, Melbourne
Third T20I: November 2, Hobart
Fourth T20I: November 6, Gold Coast
Fifth T20I: November 8, Brisbane