After the bans on captain Steve Smith and vice-captain David Warner were announced, Cricket Australia looked to Tim Paine to lead the team in the Test circuit. He has been officially announced as the captain to lead the Test side – and he has confirmed that he is just that for the time being.

With Australia playing England in an ODI series next month, there are talks about who should lead the side in white-ball cricket. Paine, meanwhile, believes that the board will discuss among themselves and resolve the solution behind closed doors.   

"(I'm) just the Test captain at this stage," Paine said on Thursday.

"There's a one-day team that will be announced in the next two or three weeks and I'm sure those discussions are going on behind closed doors."

Tim Paine is unlikely to lead the side in limited overs with Aaron Finch’s name being touted for the role. The Australian explosive batsman has previously led the T20 side and is perhaps more suited to the role than Paine.

While the wicketkeeper may have become a regular member of the starting XI in Tests with some gritty performances in the lower-middle-order, his place in the ODI and T20I circuit is far from secure.

Cricket Australia, however, may still opt for him.

Meanwhile, the Test captain also vowed that the style of sledging will change as it will be respectful while also being competitively fierce.

“Playing international cricket you've got to be as competitive as you can be, but we've got to look at different ways of doing that. More respectful ways of putting teams under the pump," Paine said.

"In the past couple of years, we've been a touch too emotional and been carried away on that side of the game."

Speaking about being the captain of the national Test team, Paine added that he would want to stay on for as long as possible while also confirming that he will keep in touch with former captain Steve Smith for advice.

"I'm going to be doing everything I can to be doing it for as long as I can," he said.

"At the moment, I'm captain for as long as I'm around. Steve's got a two-year ban from the leadership role, but he's somebody who I'll be speaking to quite closely.

The sandpaper gate not only saw Australia strip off its usual captain but also the resignation of Darren Lehmann. His successor is expected to be announced soon with Justin Langer leading the race for the coach’s role in which Ricky Ponting and Jason Gillespie also find themselves.