Australian opener Matt Renshaw is recovering from a minor hamstring strain but hopes to press his case for Test selection in the four-day clash against India A, beginning on Sunday.

Renshaw, part of the Australia A squad preparing for the clash in Bengaluru, was still able to have a net session on Friday in a bid to prove his fitness.

Fellow Queenslander Marnus Labuschagne, who had only been selected for the quadrangular one-day series, will remain with the squad for the next few days as cover for Renshaw.

Crunch time has arrived for Australia’s fringe players, with the first of two four-day matches now the focus. The matches are being pitched as auditions for spots in Australia’s Test squad for the UAE, which is not expected to be named until the selectors have had a chance to look at how the likes of Kurtis Patterson, Chris Tremain, Michael Neser, Joel Paris and Alex Carey perform in Asian conditions.

The suspensions to batsmen David Warner, Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft, as well as injuries to quicks Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood, mean there are abundant spots up for grabs ahead of the UAE tour.