Brad Hogg is determined to make the most of his return to the Australian fold, even if many are viewing the 40-year-old's return to the international stage as nothing more than a sideshow.

The Aussies last week named a surprising, new-look squad to take on India in two Twenty20 Internationals next month, with the uncapped George Bailey replacing Cameron White as captain and a host of younger talents in the spin ranks overlooked for Hogg.

The wily leg-spinner, who retired from international competition in 2008, impressed for the Perth Scorchers in the Twenty20 Big Bash League this year, taking 13 wickets at the average of 14.69 each. Meanwhile, his economy rate of 5.71 was third only to Chris Swann and Ben Hilfenhaus. Swann and Hilfenhaus, though, bowled in only one and two matches respectively to Hogg's nine.

"I'm not here for anything other than helping Australia prepare for the World Twenty20," said Hogg.

"I've been out of it for three and a half years and to get selected after what's happened with the Perth Scorchers - going all the way to the Big Bash final but losing - has been fantastic. I've got a lot of pride in myself and I want to make sure I do what I did three and a half years ago - and that was work hard and do my best out on the field.

"Hopefully I can get two or three more years out of it but we'll just see how it plays out. Am I going to embarrass myself? Those sort of thoughts were going through my mind when I signed up for the BBL, but once I got over those initial thoughts I thought, 'no stuff it. I've been out of it three and a half years, I'm feeling good, go and give it a go. Life's all about opportunities and this opportunity won't come again.

With the fifth edition of the Indian Premier League looming, Hogg hoped to follow in the footsteps of fellow Australians Shane Watson, Shaun Marsh, James Hopes and the likes, forging a veritable fortune from the lucrative Twenty20 event.

"I'm hoping to get picked up in the IPL because when I made the comeback to the Perth Scorchers I thought stuff it, I'm fit enough to play and I want to make the most of my playing days, I've probably only got two or three more minutes to be able to play cricket, I've been commentating over in India for the last two or three years, and I thought I haven't played IPL, I want to go out and experience it," he added.

The first T20I gets underway in Sydney on Wednesday, with the final match two days later in Melbourne.