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Steve Smith

Steve Smith Australian Cricketer

Height: 1.76 m DOB: June 2, 1989, Sydney, New South Wales

Having started his career as a leg spinner and a tail-ender in international cricket, Steve Smith rode on his consistency to become the number one Test batsman in ICC Rankings. He made his debut against Pakistan in 2010 at the 'Mecca of Cricket' Lord's. It was a disastrous debut for the former Australian skipper as he scored 1 and 12 runs in successive innings, though he was decent with the bowl as he picked up three wickets in second innings while he did not get chance to ball in the first innings. He marked his name in international cricket in 2013 Ashes, where he scored his first Test century at Oval. Despite having an unorthodox batting stance, Smith suddenly started dominating Test cricket as he has the ability to play both fast and spin bowlers. The 2014-2015 series against India was the path-breaking series for the Aussie as he scored four centuries. It was in the same summer when he was appointed as Australia's 45th Test captain in place of injured Michael Clarke. Everything was going right for the right-handed batsman but suddenly life took a U-turn and he got involved in the ball-tampering scandal with his two Australia teammates David Warner and Cameron Bancroft. The scandal, which rocked the cricket world, happened during a Test match against South Africa. Smith and Warner are suspended for One year while the young fast bowler Bancroft is suspended for nine months.

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Virat Kohli or Steve Smith? Ian Chappell picks his choice between the two

Cricket | May 01, 2020, 02:00 PM IST

Former great Ian Chappell was asked to choose between Indian captain Virat Kohli and Australia's Steve Smith.

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Who's better than Steve Smith at playing spin? Yuzvendra Chahal makes his pick

Cricket | Apr 29, 2020, 04:07 PM IST

Chahal however did keep his teammates Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli at the top of the list while not specifying the positions. 

Steve Smith and Ben Stokes during shes 2019

Steve Smith is both genius and a bit strange: Ben Stokes in awe of Rajasthan Royals teammate

Cricket | Apr 28, 2020, 09:48 PM IST

The two were supposed to reunite for IPL 2020 for Rajasthan Royals, but unfortunately, the season was postponed indefinitely until further notice by the BCCI. 

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Players have found cooking to be a really good stress buster: Rajasthan Royals physio

Cricket | Apr 22, 2020, 07:50 PM IST

The physio went on to explain how this was indeed an incredible opportunity for the people to change some habits, install new habits. John then went on to tell the viewers how the Royals players have taken to cooking.

Steve Smith with David Warner

Test series against Australia with Warner, Smith back will be a different ball game: Rohit

Cricket | Apr 22, 2020, 05:14 PM IST

Rohit also added that the Australia series will be a challenging one given that the two teams are presently at the top of the World Test Championship table. 

Steve Smith took blame for everyone else in ball-tampering scandal: Andrew Flintoff

Steve Smith took blame for everyone else in ball-tampering scandal: Andrew Flintoff

Cricket | Apr 22, 2020, 04:12 PM IST

Flintoff believes the whole team must have been part of the incident one way or the other.

Steve Smith working on hand-eye coordination through isolation batting

Steve Smith working on hand-eye coordination through isolation batting

Cricket | Apr 22, 2020, 12:31 PM IST

At home with his family during the isolation period, Smith is working on improving his hand-eye coordination through isolation batting.

Have been a big fan of Steve Smith's captaincy: Jaydev Unadkat

Have been a big fan of Steve Smith's captaincy: Jaydev Unadkat

Cricket | Apr 22, 2020, 08:35 AM IST

Steve Smith was captain of Rising Pune Supergiant when Unadkat had his breakthrough season in the 2017 Indian Premier League (IPL).

Steve Smith grieves for his dog's death, shares emotional post

Steve Smith grieves for his dog's death, shares emotional post

Cricket | Apr 15, 2020, 04:19 PM IST

Steve Smith and his wife Dani Willis were saddened by the passing away of their dog Charlie.

Australia's Test captain Tim Paine

Nathan Lyon backs Tim Paine to continue as Australia's Test captain

Cricket | Apr 14, 2020, 03:49 PM IST

Lyon reckons that Paine has been “absolutely incredible” ever since taking up the responsibility post the infamous ball-tampering scandal in 2018.

Virat Kohli best across all formats, there aren’t many who can parallel him: Zaheer Abbas

Virat Kohli best across all formats, there aren’t many who can parallel him: Zaheer Abbas

Cricket | Apr 20, 2020, 01:33 PM IST

Abbas also claimed that Australia's Steve Smith is more consistent than Kohli in Test cricket.

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'He is very difficult to play': Steve Smith heaps praise on Indian bowler

Cricket | Apr 09, 2020, 11:07 AM IST

Australian batsman Steve Smith heaped praise on the Indian bowler during a podcast session with Ish Sodhi for Rajasthan Royals.

Steve Smith excited to see how Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag would perform in IPL 2020

Steve Smith excited to see how Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag would perform in IPL 2020

Cricket | Apr 08, 2020, 09:40 AM IST

Steve Smith said that he is excited to see how Jaiswal would do if and when the season starts. 

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Ashes and World Cup are big, but would love to win a Test series in India: Steve Smith

Cricket | Apr 07, 2020, 10:38 PM IST

Smith had captained Australia to a massive 333-run win in the first Test against India in Pune during the 2017 series. However, India fought back to win two of the next three Tests and won the series. 

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Plenty going on in the world now, but hopefully we can get an IPL at some stage: Steve Smith

Cricket | Apr 07, 2020, 09:57 PM IST

Rajasthan Royals' Steve Smith said this while speaking to Ish Sodhi in a podcast organised by Rajasthan Royals

My unsual batting stance is just a method to limit ways of getting out: Steve Smith

My unusual batting stance is just a method to limit ways of getting out: Steve Smith

Cricket | Apr 07, 2020, 02:07 PM IST

Smith said his off-stump stance helps him to leave the balls which are outside his line of sight.

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India's series win in Australia had lot to do with Steve Smith, David Warner's absence: Waqar Younis

Cricket | Apr 06, 2020, 05:24 PM IST

The legendary fast bowler, who is also the bowling coach of Pakistan team was speaking in the context of his country not being able to win even one Test match since 1995.

Steve Smith and David Warner

Presence of Smith, Warner will make Australia different kettle of fish: Paine on India series

Cricket | Mar 31, 2020, 07:24 PM IST

Under Paine, Australia for the first time in 71 years lost a home Test series against India 1-2 in the 2018-19 bilateral contest. However, Smith and Warner were then in the midst of their ball-tampering suspension and the team was in a transition phase.

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Tim Paine names 4 other options besides Steve Smith for Test captaincy

Cricket | Mar 31, 2020, 03:52 PM IST

Smith is free to captain the national team again after his captaincy ban came to an end on Sunday. This would be of little significance however with no cricket coming up in Australia, or anywhere in the world, due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Tim Paine ready to 'fully support' Steve Smith's captaincy return

Cricket | Mar 31, 2020, 03:24 PM IST

Cricket Australia had imposed a two-year captaincy ban on Steve Smith for his role in the ball-tampering scandal that took place in March 2018 in South Africa. The suspension ended on March 29 making him eligible for the post once again.