.National selector George Bailey has actually revealed that Steve Smith will not open the batting versus India this summer but didn't validate whether he 'd come back to the No. 4 position.Speaking to reporters on Monday mid-day, Bailey confirmed that Johnson had "expressed a desire" to return down the purchase for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, unlocking for a professional opener to participate in the Exam beginning XI.Last summertime, the New South Welshman transformed themself as an opener complying with David Warner's retirement life, encountering the brand new ball in four Exams versus the West Indies and also New Zealand as well as slashing 171 perform at 28.50. Nonetheless, after speaking with train Andrew McDonald and also captain Dab Cummins, Johnson is anticipated to go back to the middle order this summer season, possibly switching out the injured Cameron Veggie at second decline." Pat (Cummins), Andrew (McDonald) and Steve Smith have actually been actually having continuous chats, different to the untimely trauma to Cameron anyway," Bailey explained." Steve had actually shared a need to move back below that employment opportunity, as well as Pat as well as Andrew have affirmed that he will certainly be hanging back down the purchase for the summer season." Clearly our team've got an amount four location to fill and a position area to load." See every ball of Australia v Pakistan ODI Series LIVE & unique to FOX CRICKET, on call on Kayo. New to Kayo? Receive your very first month for only $1. Limited time offer > Having said that, Bailey rejected to affirm whether Johnson will slot directly back into the No. 4 position where he has earlier batted on 111 events." Our company have actually got an additional four weeks till that Examination squad's introduced, as well as what particular purchase and also who is in it as well as exactly how they align are going to be identified," Bailey continued." As for the (batting) purchase goes, you'll must drive that in the direction of Dab and also Andrew at the proper opportunity." The choice for Steve to visit the best of the purchase (last summertime) was actually strongly with an eye to finding a technique to receive Camera Environment-friendly back in to the selection as well as obtaining what our team considered our greatest 6 batters right into the exact same line-up." Like anything, that can adjust relying on what is actually available, your disorders, that you are actually coming up against at the same time." Steve Smith of Australia. Image through Kai Schwoerer/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesBailey reiterated that Australia would decide on the nation's 6 best batters for the India series, which suggests Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon as well as Mitch Marsh will definitely be expected to lug the bowling lots for the five-Test campaign." Our company will certainly miss Web cam, certainly about that," Bailey mentioned." Whenever you possess an injury to an important player, or a gamer who resides in your first-choice XI, there's contingencies around that, and you readjust as well as proceed." Hopefully Webcam's surgical operation goes really effectively."( Having an all-rounder) is actually a deluxe. The 3 quicks that our experts generally play in Exam cricket, they have actually played a lot of Examination cricket all together where they have not possessed an all-rounder also. It undoubtedly depends upon the personnel that are actually offered at any kind of once." You do not understand just how each Test is mosting likely to play out in terms of the work for the quicks, or even just how much of an impact Nathan Lyon's going to possess all over the summer." We surely have been actually as well as will certainly carry on readying Mitch Marsh to become capable to bowl some overs also, and that's become part of his administration for the final number of months." Our experts have actually been actually a team that has played without an all-rounder in the past. There's greater than one method to structure up a crew." Australia's Cameron Green. Picture by Marty MELVILLE/ AFPSource: AFPWest Australian opener Cameron Bancroft, that scratched a set throughout recently's Sheffield Guard suit against Queensland in Perth, impends as the foremost prospect to change Green in Australia's Examination XI.The 31-year-old has actually been the absolute most steady opener in the Sheffield Guard over the past 24 months, organizing 1728 go for 54.00 during that time frame including 10 hundreds." He's certainly acquired debts in the banking company," Bailey mentioned." His consistency over a variety of years has actually been phenomenal." A one-off game like that had not been heading to possess any type of impact." At the same time, Bailey also advised that New South Wales hitting prodigy Sam Konstas, who scored twin centuries during the course of last week's Sheffield Defense match versus South Australia in Sydney, was actually "in the mix" for an Exam call-up. The 19-year-old was actually named in the Australia A team to deal with India A later this month, together with fellow openers Bancroft as well as Marcus Harris." If our experts opt, it is actually considering that our company assume that player's ready to play," Bailey stated. "( Konstas) has had a good beginning. He's five games right into his first-rate career, and also he looks definitely set up and also composed at the furrow. It is actually really good awareness that he is actually been actually provided the possibility to play Australia A, yet I do not think it's to the detriment of just how constant Bancroft and also Marcus Harris have been actually." He's in the mix, as are actually a lot of others. I absolutely do not intend to solitary him out. "I do not presume there is actually any type of demand at this phase to place any type of unnecessary pressure or even expectation on Sam." There's no priority to obtain younger players in. It's just about attempting to get the most ideal players our company can.".