Allrounder Aaron Hardie has been ruled out of the Australia A tour of India due to a shoulder injury to add to the list of pace-bowling options to be sidelined.

Hardie will be replaced by Victoria allrounder Will Sutherland , who was already part of the one-day squad for the tour and will fly out to India in time for the second four-day game in Lucknow . A replacement for Hardie in the one-day squad will be named at a later date.

It is hoped that Hardie will be able to recover in time for the early rounds of Sheffield Shield matches - Western Australia's opening game is against New South Wales at the WACA on October 4.

Hardie featured in the recent T20I and ODI series against West Indies and South Africa but he struggled against the latter and had not been selected for the short

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