Steve Smith is unsure of his batting position ahead of the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. Notably, Australia will take on India in a five-match Test series beginning from November 22. Ahead of the series, Australia are yet to finalize their opener as several players want Smith to bat at his original number four position instead of opening.
Australian opener Usman Khawaja has suggested opening with Travis Head and slotting Smith into the middle order. Recently, Smith was also quizzed about his batting position in the blockbuster series and the star batter revealed that there are conversations happening in the background but he has no idea of his position so far.
“I have no idea, there is conversations happening in the background. Usman I think said that he likes me down at No.4. I think Marnus has similar thoughts. We will wait and see. I am happy anywhere, I’ll bat wherever for the team but we’ll see what happens,” Smith told reporters.
Smith began opening the innings in the series against West Indies after David Warner’s retirement. The 35-year-old didn’t have a memorable beginning at the top of the order registering scores of 12, 11* and 6 in his first three innings.
However, he finally shut his critics in the second Test against West Indies scoring a phenomenal 91* (146) with the help of nine fours and a six. However, he once again failed to leave an impact with the bat in the following series against New Zealand scoring just 51 runs in the four innings.
Further speaking ahead, Smith expressed his excitement for the India series recalling the rivalry between the two countries in recent years.
“We are probably the two best teams in the world at the moment in Test cricket. We played the World Test Championship final last year and beat them there. They have been great out here the last couple of times, played some really good cricket. Hopefully we can turn the tables. It’s been 10 years since we last won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. We need to do that this year,” he added.
Australia haven’t been able to win the Border Gavaskar Trophy since 2014 when they last held it under the leadership of Michael Clarke and Smith. India have won the last two series in Australia and will be eager to complete a hat-trick of victories down under.
