Mohammed Shami has been called up to replace the injured Jasprit Bumrah in India's T20 World Cup squad.
Bumrah was ruled out of the tournament earlier this month due to a back problem, which will keep the paceman out of action for around six weeks.
A BCCI statement on Friday confirmed Shami, who has not played at all over the past three months, has now joined India's squad in Australia.
Shami, who starred for Indian Premier League champions Gujarat Titans earlier this year, was included in India's squad for their T20I series against Australia and South Africa, only to test positive for COVID-19.
Mohammed Siraj was named the player of the series against South Africa, which India won 2-1, and has been named as a back-up alongside Shardul Thakur.
While Shami has not featured in recent months, he always seemed a likely option to replace Bumrah due to his experience of playing in Australia - he has played Down Under in two Test series and was one of India's best performers with the ball in the 2015 ODI World Cup.
The 32-year-old last played a T20I in last year's World Cup in the United Arab Emirates, taking six wickets in five appearances.
Shami helped the Titans to an IPL title in their maiden season in the competition, taking 20 wickets and playing in all 16 of their games.
India start their World Cup campaign against fierce rivals Pakistan at the MCG a week on Sunday.
India T20 World Cup squad:
Rohit Sharma (captain), Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chaha, Deepak Hooda, Dinesh Karthik, Virat Kohli, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, KL Rahul, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami, Suryakumar Yadav.