Australians Ben Dunk and Nathan Reardon will make their international debut against South Africa in Wednesday night’s Twenty20 fixture.

Dunk and Reardon have been selected in an Australian team who have won the toss and elected to bat first at Adelaide Oval.

The Australian side also features Shane Watson and Pat Cummins, both on return from respective injuries.

Australia left Nic Maddinson and Sean Abbott out of their 13-man squad for the opening match of a three-game series against the Proteas, who are the world’s top-ranked nation in the T20 format.

Australia: Aaron Finch (capt), Cameron White, Shane Watson, Ben Dunk, Nathan Reardon, James Faulkner, Ben Cutting, Pat Cummins, Kane Richardson, Cameron Boyce, Doug Bollinger.

South Africa: JP Duminy (capt), Kyle Abbott, Farhaan Behardien, Quenton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Imran Tahir, Ryan McLaren, David Miller, Wayne Parnell, Kagiso Rabada, Rilee Rossouw.