.National selector George Bailey has revealed that Steve Smith won't open the hitting versus India this summer season yet didn't validate whether he 'd return to the No. 4 position.Speaking to media reporters on Monday afternoon, Bailey verified that Johnson had "revealed a need" to return down the order for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, unlocking for a professional opener to sign up with the Examination beginning XI.Last summertime, the New South Welshman reinvented himself as an opener complying with David Detector's retirement, experiencing the brand-new sphere in 4 Tests against the West Indies as well as New Zealand as well as scoring 171 perform at 28.50. Having said that, after speaking to train Andrew McDonald and also captain Dab Cummins, Johnson is assumed to go back to the mid order this summertime, potentially replacing the damaged Cameron Green at 2nd drop." Pat (Cummins), Andrew (McDonald) and also Steve Smith have been actually possessing continuous discussions, different to the unforeseen accident to Cameron anyway," Bailey revealed." Steve had actually conveyed a wish to return down from that employment opportunity, and Pat and Andrew have actually verified that he will certainly be actually dropping back down the purchase for the summer months." Plainly our team've obtained a number 4 area to fill up as well as a position place to load." Watch every round of Australia v Pakistan ODI Collection LIVE & unique to FOX CRICKET, available on Kayo. New to Kayo? Receive your first month for simply $1. Restricted time offer > However, Bailey refused to verify whether Johnson will port straight back right into the No. 4 position where he has previously baseball batted on 111 affairs." We've obtained yet another four full weeks until that Test team's revealed, and what exact purchase and that resides in it and also how they line up will be established," Bailey carried on." As for the (hitting) order goes, you'll need to point that towards Pat and also Andrew at the proper opportunity." The choice for Steve to go to the leading of the order (last summer months) was actually securely along with an eye to discovering a means to get Cam Environment-friendly back into the line-up as well as getting what our company considered our greatest 6 batters into the same selection." Like just about anything, that can easily readjust depending on what is actually on call, your conditions, who you're meeting too." Steve Smith of Australia. Image by Kai Schwoerer/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesBailey reiterated that Australia would select the nation's 6 best concoctions for the India series, which implies Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon and Mitch Marsh will certainly be actually counted on to lug the bowling bunches for the five-Test project." Our experts are going to overlook Cam, no doubt regarding that," Bailey said." At any time you have an injury to a significant gamer, or a player that remains in your first-choice XI, there's backups around that, and you adjust and move on." Perhaps Camera's surgery goes actually effectively."( Possessing an all-rounder) is actually a luxurious. The 3 quicks that our team typically play in Examination cricket, they have actually played a bunch of Test cricket all together where they have not possessed an all-rounder at the same time. It absolutely relies on the staffs that are available at any sort of one time." You do not know how each Test is mosting likely to play out in relations to the amount of work for the quicks, or even how much of an influence Nathan Lyon's heading to possess across the summer months." Our company certainly have been and are going to continue prepping Mitch Marsh to be capable to bowl some overs also, and also's belonged to his administration for the last number of months." Our company've been actually a team that has actually participated in without an all-rounder in the past. There is actually more than one way to structure up a group." Australia's Cameron Environment-friendly. Photograph through Marty MELVILLE/ AFPSource: AFPWest Australian opener Cameron Bancroft, who scratched a set during the course of recently's Sheffield Guard suit versus Queensland in Perth, nears as the top prospect to substitute Green in Australia's Examination XI.The 31-year-old has actually been the best regular opener in the Sheffield Shield over recent 24 months, assembling 1728 perform at 54.00 during that time frame including ten hundreds." He is actually certainly obtained credit scores in the banking company," Bailey stated." His congruity over a lot of years has been actually amazing." A one-off game like that wasn't heading to possess any impact." In the meantime, Bailey also recommended that New South Wales batting prodigy Sam Konstas, that racked up paired centuries in the course of last week's Sheffield Cover match against South Australia in Sydney, was "in the mix" for an Exam call-up. The 19-year-old was actually called in the Australia A squad to face India An eventually this month, in addition to fellow openers Bancroft and Marcus Harris." If our company opt, it's since our experts believe that player's all set to participate in," Bailey pointed out. "( Konstas) has had a really good start. He is actually 5 video games in to his superior occupation, and he appears really organised as well as composed at the fold. It's great acknowledgment that he's been given the chance to play Australia A, however I do not assume it's to the detriment of how regular Bancroft and Marcus Harris have been actually." He resides in the mix, as are lots of others. I undoubtedly do not want to single him out. "I don't presume there's any sort of requirement at this phase to put any sort of unnecessary tension or expectation on Sam." There's no top priority to acquire younger gamers in. It is actually nearly making an effort to obtain the best players we can.".