Star batter Steve Smith is going to be a key performer for Australia for the upcoming 5-Test Border Gavaskar Trophy against India, set to be held later this year. It will be interesting to see where Steve is going to bat as he had changed his position during Australia’s last Test cricket series.
Noticeably, Steve moved up in the order after the David Warner departed from Test cricket in order to allow all-rounder Cameron Green to take the no. 4 position.
In last episode of ICC review, former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting was questioned about Smith’s batting position. While Ponting is not expecting any big surprises from Australian team, he is just not sure if Smith will continue his new role as opener.
“I think Australia will pretty much pick itself. Probably the only one question there might be with Australia again, is if Smith’s the right ma to be opening the batting. That would be the only query that I can see there. But that was all about obviously bringing Cameron Green back into the side,” said Ponting.
“So I’ll rephrase it, not whether Smith’s the right man to open the batting but whether he thinks it’s the right spot for him. Because I think if he doesn’t think it’s the right spot then they’ll make a change and get someone else back up there,” he added.
