Devastated former Australia Twenty20 skipper Cameron White feels his best form is still more than good enough to get him back into the national side.

White was left out of Australia’s one-day squad for the 2011 World Cup and has now been overlooked for this week’s two-match series of Twenty20 Internationals against India in Sydney and Melbourne.

The aggressive middle-order batsman admits he let himself down with a 55-run season for Melbourne Stars this summer.

“My performance in the Big Bash wasn’t great. It was awful,” White said on Tuesday.

“I still feel as though that at my best I’m more than good enough to get into the ODI and Twenty20 teams and I still hold hopes of playing Test cricket for Australia.

“I was pretty disappointed. It’s no one else’s fault.

“My performances weren’t good enough.

“If you’re not good enough to be in the team, well you’re clearly not good enough to be captain of the country.

“I’m devastated and disappointed.

“The only thing I can do now is get back to trying to play as well as I can for Victoria, go back and score some runs, lead the team as well as I can on and off the field, and fight my way back into Twenty20 and one-day selection.”

White will captain Victoria in a Sheffield Shield clash with South Australia at Adelaide Oval starting on Thursday, with a one-dayer to follow on Tuesday.

The 28-year-old batting allrounder says another performance like his 5-59 in a Shield game against Queensland in December would help his cause.

Asked if his international career was over, the four-Test player said he was still hopeful of returning to the top level in all three forms of the game.

“It seems like it’s probably a fair way away at the moment but I’m confident it is not over,” White said.

“I have faith in my ability.”

White said he wasn’t giving up on his selection hopes for the World T20 tournament in Sri Lanka in September.

“I’ve got to go find some runs and get some wickets and play well,” he said.