.National selector George Bailey has actually revealed that Steve Johnson won't open up the hitting against India this summer yet failed to confirm whether he will go back to the No. 4 position.Speaking to press reporters on Monday mid-day, Bailey confirmed that Smith had "expressed a wish" to return down the purchase for the Border-Gavaskar Prize, opening the door for a specialist opener to join the Examination beginning XI.Last summertime, the New South Welshman reinvented themself as an opener following David Warner's retired life, experiencing the new ball in 4 Examinations versus the West Indies and also New Zealand and also scoring 171 perform at 28.50. Having said that, after consulting with train Andrew McDonald and also leader Pat Cummins, Smith is actually expected to come back to the center purchase this summertime, potentially replacing the hurt Cameron Veggie at second decline." Pat (Cummins), Andrew (McDonald) and also Steve Johnson have been actually having continuous talks, separate to the unexpected trauma to Cameron anyway," Bailey revealed." Steve had actually conveyed a desire to return below that opening position, and also Dab and also Andrew have validated that he will be actually hanging back down the order for the summer months." Plainly our company've obtained an amount 4 area to pack and a position area to fill." View every sphere of Australia v Pakistan ODI Set LIVE & special to FOX CRICKET, available on Kayo. New to Kayo? Obtain your 1st month for simply $1. Minimal time offer > However, Bailey refused to validate whether Smith would port directly back in to the No. 4 setting where he has actually recently batted on 111 celebrations." Our experts have actually acquired an additional four full weeks up until that Examination team's revealed, and what particular order and also that is in it as well as exactly how they align are going to be determined," Bailey carried on." Regarding the (batting) order goes, you'll must point that in the direction of Dab and Andrew at the suitable opportunity." The decision for Steve to head to the top of the order (final summer months) was firmly with an eye to finding a means to obtain Cam Environment-friendly back right into the line-up as well as acquiring what our company considered our ideal six concoctions into the very same selection." Like anything, that may readjust depending upon what is actually accessible, your ailments, who you are actually stumbling at the same time." Steve Smith of Australia. Picture by Kai Schwoerer/Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesBailey repeated that Australia would choose the country's 6 absolute best batters for the India series, which means Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon and also Mitch Marsh will be actually expected to lug the bowling tons for the five-Test initiative." We will skip Webcam, certainly about that," Bailey claimed." Whenever you have an accident to a significant player, or a player that resides in your first-choice XI, there is actually contingencies around that, and you change as well as proceed." With any luck Cam's surgical operation goes truly properly."( Having an all-rounder) is a deluxe. The three quicks that our experts generally play in Exam cricket, they have actually participated in a bunch of Examination cricket together where they have not possessed an all-rounder also. It certainly relies on the personnel that are actually readily available at any one time." You do not understand exactly how each Test is actually going to play out in terms of the workload for the quicks, or how much of an impact Nathan Lyon's going to possess across the summer months." Our company undoubtedly have been actually as well as are going to continue prepping Mitch Meadow bright to become able to bowl some overs as well, which is actually become part of his monitoring for the last number of months." We have actually been a group that has played without an all-rounder over the last. There's more than one technique to structure up a crew." Australia's Cameron Veggie. Picture by Marty MELVILLE/ AFPSource: AFPWest Australian opener Cameron Bancroft, that marked a pair during the course of recently's Sheffield Guard suit versus Queensland in Perth, looms as the foremost prospect to substitute Environment-friendly in Australia's Test XI.The 31-year-old has actually been one of the most constant opener in the Sheffield Cover over the past 24 months, assembling 1728 runs at 54.00 during that duration including 10 hundreds." He's surely acquired credit scores in the financial institution," Bailey said." His congruity over a lot of years has been incredible." A one-off video game like that wasn't visiting possess any impact." On the other hand, Bailey likewise suggested that New South Wales batting natural born player Sam Konstas, who scored twin centuries throughout last week's Sheffield Cover match against South Australia in Sydney, was "in the mix" for an Examination call-up. The 19-year-old was named in the Australia A team to deal with India An eventually this month, along with fellow openers Bancroft and Marcus Harris." If we select, it is actually due to the fact that we think that player's prepared to participate in," Bailey stated. "( Konstas) has possessed a great begin. He is actually 5 video games into his five-star profession, and also he appears definitely planned and also comprised at the crease. It is actually good awareness that he is actually been offered the opportunity to play Australia A, but I don't presume it's to the detriment of exactly how regular Bancroft and Marcus Harris have been actually." He remains in the mix, as are actually loads of others. I absolutely do not desire to single him out. "I do not assume there is actually any sort of requirement at this phase to place any sort of unnecessary stress or requirement on Sam." There's no top priority to acquire younger gamers in. It's just about attempting to acquire the most effective players we can.".