PUNE: Injured pace bowler Mohammed Shami will miss India`s tour of Australia next month with three uncapped players named in the squad on Friday.

Opener Abhimanyu Easwaran, fast bowler Harshit Rana and all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy have been included in an 18-man party for five Tests starting on Nov 22 in Perth.

Rohit Sharma will be captain with Jasprit Bumrah as his deputy in the much-anticipated series, which is expected to decide the finalists of the World Test Championship.

Shami, 34, recently said he is `pain free` in his recovery from a foot injury as well as surgery on his Achilles tendon.

But Rohit in his update on the quick had said the bowler suffered a setback after swelling in his knee.

Lef t-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav was unavailable for selection because of a groin injury.

Easwaran comes in as the third opening batter alongside Rohit and Yashasvi Jaiswal and could get a chance if the captain sits out the first two matches for `personal reasons` as reported by Indian media.

The Indian selectors also named the T20 squad for India`s tour of South Africa where the visitors will play four matches starting on Nov 8 in Durban.

Test squad: Rohit Sharma (captain), Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel (wicket-keeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar.

T20 squad· Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wicket-keeper), Rinku Singh, Tilak Varma, Jitesh Sharma (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Avesh Khan, Yash Dayal.-AFP