The direction of the series will be decided based on the performances of some key players from both the teams in the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia starting from November 22. One of the names is Steve Smith, the most important player of the Australian team, who performed very well in the Test against India, but did not look very impressive in the last Test series against Team India at home. , the biggest reason being his dismissal against Ravichandran Ashwin. This time too, the talk about this has started even before the start of the Test series, in which now Steve Smith has made it clear in his statement that he has made a special plan to face Ashwin’s bowling.
I will try to defend myself against them
In his statement to the Sydney Morning Herald, Steve Smith said about Ashwin that the last time I was caught against him was in Adelaide and then in the Melbourne Test he caught me out at leg slip. There were many occasions when he definitely dominated me, but in the Sydney Test I played a bit more cautiously, which didn’t give him a chance to dominate. So, it is very important for me to play against them like that and not give them the chance to bowl as they want. I think he is a very good bowler and he comes on the field with a plan. Anyway, I don’t like getting out against off-spin bowlers in Australia.
Smith has scored runs at an average of 50 against India at home.
Steve Smith has a great record in Tests in Australia, where he has played 10 Test matches against India at home so far, scoring 805 runs in 19 innings at an average of 50.31. Meanwhile, three centuries and one half-century have been seen from Smith’s bat. If we look at Smith’s record against Ashwin, he has lost wickets against him 8 times in Test cricket.
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