Watson is nursing a calf injury that had earlier forced him to sit out of the first Test in Brisbane and his failure to prove his fitness has meant that he will miss out the Adelaide fixture as well.
Australian captain Michael Clarke cited doubts over the right hander’s injury to be the reason for the decision.
“He has improved a lot over the last few days... But is probably a few days short of being 100 percent,” Clarke was quoted as saying by a news agency on Wednesday.
Mitchell Starc, who was in contention for a playing berth, has been included as the twelfth man.
The second Test starts from Thursday.
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