After being shuffled around the order and then dumped completely during Australia’s Ashes campaign, Phil Hughes is just happy to feel wanted again.

Although desperate to regain and solidify his spot in the Test team, Hughes sees his call-up for the seven-game one-day series in India as a vote of confidence from Australia’s selectors.

A timely one at that, as Hughes’ confidence dipped significantly during Australia’s disastrous 3-0 Ashes loss in England this year.

After scoring 81 in the opening Test at Trent Bridge, three sub-10 scores led to the 24-year-old being left out of the team altogether for the final three Tests.

His maiden Ashes half-century was crucial in forming the record-breaking 163-run final-wicket stand with young Ashton Agar.

“I feel like (the unbeaten 81) is one of the better innings that I’ve played in Test cricket, batting there with Ash,” he explained.

Soon enough, Hughes was dropped with Usman Khawaja preferred for the third and fourth Tests.

But when Khawaja also performed below expectations, and was dropped for the fifth Test at the Oval, Hughes’ opportunity for redemption seemed likely.

Instead, selectors opted to hand allrounder James Faulkner his Test debut and bat wicketkeeper Brad Haddin in the top six.

Hughes insists that while he was shattered he didn’t feel he was unlucky – putting the decision solely on his own results.

“Two games later, to be left out of the team was shattering at the time,” Hughes said.

“But I scored that 81 and then scored three scores under 10.

“…I don’t feel unlucky at all.

“You’re there to do a job, to score runs, and if they pick you they do.

“If they don’t, they’re trying to find the right balance and I wasn’t in that balance for the fifth Test. I totally understand that.”

His task now is to deny the selectors any reason for excluding him.

“(Being dropped during the Ashes) was only my own fault really,” he said.

“If I made a few more starts or bigger scores I wouldn’t have been in that position.

“I understand selectors, where they’re coming from.

“…It is nice (to get a vote of confidence).”

Fellow young gun Nic Maddinson says Hughes is a victim of his own success, setting unrealistic standards for himself after an incredible start to his Test career.

As a 20-year-old Hughes scored centuries in both innings of a Test against South Africa, becoming the youngest cricketer to achieve the feat.

“I think everyone feels that pressure,” Maddinson told AAP.

“Especially when you start scoring runs and it becomes expected that you’re going to keep doing it.”