Dumped opener Nathan McSweeney said he was "devastated" Saturday after being cast out of Australia's team after just three Tests against India but vowed to come back a better player.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The 25-year-old won the race to replace the retired David Warner at the top of the order alongside Usman Khawaja but failed to seize the opportunity.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
With a high score of just 39, McSweeney was axed from the hosts' 15-man squad for the final two Tests of the series.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"Devastated. I get the dream come true and then didn’t quite work out the way I wanted," he told Australia's Channel Seven.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"It's all part of it and I'll get my head down and get back in the nets and work really hard, and hopefully be ready to go for my next opportunity.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"It's the game we are in. If you don't take your opportunity, and you are not performing as well as you want to, your position's never safe."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Teen sensation Sam Konstas was called up for the first time and is favourite to replace McSweeney when the five-Test series, which is locked at 1-1, resumes on Boxing Day in Melbourne.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Middle-order batsmen Josh Inglis and allrounder Beau Webster are also in the squad as other options.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Should 19-year-old Konstas play, he would become Australia's youngest Test debutant since current skipper Pat Cummins took the field against South Africa at Johannesburg in 2011.<\/p>\r\n\r\n