Shaun Marsh call-up could be an indication that captain Michael Clarke is still an injury doubt for the match (Source: AP)

Australia have called batsman Shaun Marsh into their squad for the opening Test of the four-match series against India, which was pushed back to next week after the death of Phillip Hughes.

The call-up for Marsh, who joins his brother Mitch in the squad, could be an indication that captain Michael Clarke is still an injury doubt for the match, which starts in Adelaide next Tuesday.

Clarke, who has been suffering from a hamstring problem, took a leading role in comforting the Hughes family after the death last week of his friend and former team mate from injuries suffered in a domestic match.

The tragedy, which triggered an outpouring of grief across Australia and around the world, led to the first Test in Brisbane being postponed and the Adelaide match being brought forward a couple of days.

The squad attended Hughes’s funeral in Macksville on Wednesday and will assemble in Adelaide later on Thursday to start their preparations for the Test.

Coach Darren Lehmann said in a newspaper column on Thursday that Hughes would probably have been recalled to the squad had he not died a few days short of his 26th birthday.

Marsh, 31, has played nine Tests for his country since his debut in 2011 and was dropped after failing to score a single run while batting at number four in the second Test against South Africa in February.

Lehmann wrote that he thought Wednesday’s funeral had brought an element of closure for Australia’s players but accepted that next week might still be too soon for some of them to return to action.

“We hope the boys can find the inner strength to play the game in the way Phillip would have wanted in Adelaide next week and that they can honour what he had done,” he wrote in The Australian.

“It’s going to be hard and if somebody is struggling Michael and I understand. There is no pressure on them. We will look after them and we will help them get back to the place where they can play. We left a bit of heart in Macksville yesterday.”

After their preparations were disrupted in the wake of Hughes’s death, India finally got a chance for some serious match practice on Thursday when they took on a Cricket Australia XI in a two-day tour match at Adelaide’s Gliderol Oval.

“We appreciate the understanding and cooperation shown by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), who have been nothing but supportive during this tragic time,” said Cricket Australia’s Pat Howard.