Hussey picked up the injury during Australia's loss to India

He strained his left hamstring during Saturday's World Twenty20 semi-final defeat by India in South Africa.

Captain Ricky Ponting and all-rounder Shane Watson have similar injuries and bowler Nathan Bracken will miss part of the tour for his first child's birth.

Australia A captain Adam Voges will replace Ponting until he recovers, while James Hopes stands in for Watson.

The series in India begins in Bangalore next Saturday and the schedule includes six more one-day internationals and a Twenty20 game crammed into a three-week trip.

Team physio Alex Kountouris believes Australia's hectic schedule may be one of the reasons for the current plague of injuries.

"In the last two weeks we have experienced a high incidence of hamstring injuries which is atypical for the Australian cricket team," he said.

"There is no one separate reason for the problem but it is possible that the hectic nature of Twenty20 cricket combined with soft grounds and the high frequency of travel may have provided the additional stress required to cause injury in players who are at the start of their cricketing season and therefore lack conditioning."

Ponting still hopes to play a part in the series in India, although Brad Haddin has already been added to the squad as cover.

The inclusion of Hopes, meanwhile, provides the squad with a like for like replacement for Watson, who has struggled with injuries for much of the year.

Hopes has played nine one-dayers and two Twenty20 internationals, the most recent against Bangladesh in April.

"James has performed extremely well during Australia A's recent tour of Pakistan and will now have a chance to impress on the tour of India," said chief selector Andrew Hilditch.