He will now start the summer at home for Victoria in the domestic one-day series, beginning on Sunday in Townsville. He will have that tournament in full to find touch but his hopes of a strong start to the first-class summer are likely to be denied by international selection.

Maxwell is likely to be a part of Australia's three-match Twenty20 series against Pakistan in the UAE, beginning October 24, meaning he is unlikely to play in Victoria's opening Sheffield Shield clash, in Perth from October 16. He would then miss the home clash against NSW at the MCG, beginning October 25.

He is also likely to be part of Australia's one-day international campaign against South Africa, beginning November 4 in Perth, meaning he would miss the Shield clash against South Australia. It may not be until the Shield clash against Tasmania from November 17 when he could finally return to first-class cricket.

Maxwell said on Wednesday he had felt misled by the selectors, having missed the trip to India.

"Maybe a little bit. I feel like there were other guys who were able to get a full off-season of cricket into them and hit the 'A' series up and running or be able to put their names forward," he said on SEN.

"I think the way they were going with the guys they've picked, they've obviously gone in a different direction and that's fine. I feel like I've still got some really good cricket years ahead of me. I think if I continue to play the way I have been in the last 12 months, the selections will eventually go my way."

Maxwell had previously said he had not been guaranteed a spot for the Pakistan series but had been given a lot of "positive reinforcement" as to why he had not needed to go on the Australia A tour.

He had been on a promotional shoot for Cricket Australia when he was informed by Hohns of his omission.

"It may sound extremely funny but when I got the phone call yesterday I was actually wearing the baggy green, as extraordinary as it might sound," Maxwell said.

"I was doing a shoot for one of the sponsors and we were fully in our whites. And I had the baggy green on and got the call while it was on top of my head."

Maxwell's omission has surprised the cricketing world, including former Australian captain Ricky Ponting, who has been mentor to Maxwell in recent times. Former Australian coach Darren Lehmann - who had issues with Maxwell when in charge of the Australian side - also said he would have selected him.

Maxwell was the eighth-highest Shield run scorer last season, producing 707 runs at 50.50, including a double century.

Former Australian batsman Cameron White, who has had his own issues with the selectors over the years, believes his Victorian teammate will emerge from this latest disappointment by crunching runs for his state.

"I think has said that now himself - he is concentrating on going out and scoring a lot of runs for Victoria, hopefully in this JLT competition and then in Shield cricket, and that is going to give him every opportunity to be picked again," he said.

"The situation about him not playing in Australia A, and Glenn said that himself, was a little confusing, no doubt for him, but I don't know full the story behind it."

White did not want to buy into questioning whether the selection procedures, in this case involving Maxwell, did not make sense - an issue he had claimed last year, sparking a heated response from Hohns.