Australia's beaten Test players will fly home on Thursday while a pared back limited overs squad prepares to face India in three matches.
Captain Ricky Ponting, Shane Watson and Mitchell Johnson have all been rested from the series, while Test match specialists Simon Katich, Peter George and Marcus North are also on their way to home ports.
"We played very, very well for the majority of the first Test. We played pretty well for the majority of this Test match," said Ponting.
The one-day series will provide a challenge for vice-captain Michael Clarke, who made only 35 runs from four completed innings in the Test series.
It will also offer a chance for Nathan Hauritz to repair some of the damage.
rest frontline players Sachin Tendulkar, Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh and Pragyan Ojha during the limited-overs series.
They will also be without the Delhi trio of Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and Ishant Sharma due to injuries.
The three-match series will be held at Kochi (October 17), Vizag (October 20) and Margao, Goa (October 24).
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