Former Australia skipper Mark Taylor feels that all-rounder Cameron Inexperienced’s harm may open up the door for Cameron Bancroft’s Check recall within the marquee Border-Gavaskar Trophy towards India subsequent month.
Inexperienced is prone to miss the upcoming five-match Check collection towards India at residence as a result of a surgical procedure for a stress fracture on his decrease again, in accordance with stories. The 25-year-old seam-bowling all-rounder has beforehand suffered 4 stress fractures in his again however has not encountered any points in that space since 2019.
Inexperienced’s absence would imply Australia should rejig their batting order.
“It is an ungainly one is not it? Cam Inexperienced was out of the Australian facet in the course of the Ashes collection of final yr and Mitch Marsh got here in however Australia had been very eager to get him again in,” Taylor stated on ‘Huge World of Sports activities’.
Bancroft was tipped to fill the opening spot publish David Warner’s retirement earlier this yr however the selectors recalled Inexperienced to the Check facet with Steve Smith being pushed to open the innings.
Nonetheless, the veteran batter did not fare too properly on the high and Taylor believes Smith will once more drop right down to the quantity 4 spot.
“I feel Smith will transfer again to No.4. So the query is who will open? I would like to see a right-handed opening batsman get the chance. And to me in the meanwhile … I might have Bancroft penciled in alongside (Usman) Khawaja,” Taylor stated.
Bancroft, who served a nine-month ban for his function within the 2018 ball-tampering incident, has been the main run-scorer within the Sheffield Protect for the final two years.
Taylor feels the selectors may additionally embrace younger opener Sam Konstas, who hit back-to-back a whole lot towards South Australia within the Sheffield Protect, within the Check squad for the Border Gavaskar Trophy.
The five-match collection begins on November 22 in Perth.
