It's been ten years since we last won BGT, so need to do that this year: Smith

India’s tour of Australia in 2014 was the last time Australia had beaten India in a Test series. Since then, they have lost to India twice at home and twice away in the next 10 years. As Rohit Sharma’s India travel to Australia at the end of the year with crucial World Test Championship points at stake, there is a war cry in the Aussie land to not concede an inch this time.

However, in a five-match series—the first of its kind between both sides since 1991—complacency is not an option. Former Australian skipper Steve Smith acknowledged that while saying it is difficult to hide in a five-match Test series against a strong team like India.

"You can't really hide in a five-Test series like you probably can in a two-match series, for instance. If someone gets the wood on you, it can be hard coming back from that. It's going to be a wonderful series,” Smith said, reported ESPN Cricinfo.

"We are probably the two best teams at the moment in Test cricket. We played the World Test Championship final last year and beat them there. They've been great out here the last couple of times; they've played really good cricket. Hopefully, we can turn the tables. It's been ten years since we last won the Border-Gavaskar trophy, so need to do that this year."

When David Warner retired last year following the Test series against Pakistan, Steve Smith moved up the order to the opening position. However, that didn’t turn out to be a huge success as Smith, in four matches, could only amass 171 runs at an average of 28.50. Would he want to go back to his usual No.4 position?

"The conversations I've had so far is that we'll go to England… I'm there for the one-dayers, then make a decision after that. Conversations are happening in the background. You see some comments that guys like Usman [Khawaja] have said he likes me down at No. 4; I think Marnus has a similar thought pattern. We'll wait and see. I'm happy to bat anywhere.

"For me, it's just a position. Batting at four, I could be in after the first two balls. I've been in early on many occasions and faced the new ball. For me, it's kind of just a number. I batted at three for a long period of time as well, and we lost wickets inside the first over and I'll come out and score runs. The only real thing I had to get used to was how quick a turnaround it is when you come off the field, and you only have ten minutes, particularly with the amount of mucking around I have in the changing rooms."

Smith has been confirmed to continue for a while now after signing a three-year deal with Sydney Sixers. However, the question is whether he wants to continue until 2028 in the shortest format of the game to appear in the Los Angeles Olympics. Smith doesn’t want to deny that possibility.

"I could still be playing T20 cricket in four years, so you never know," he said. "It's a format I can see myself playing probably for a lot longer than some of the others, especially with the franchise stuff around the world. I've signed on here for three years, so it's only another year after that. It would be cool to be part of an Olympics."

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