Australian cricket team is going to face Team India next month. Before the Border-Gavaskar Trophy to be held at home, it seems that the Australian cricket team is in a state of fear. That’s why he made a big change in his team by changing the batting position of a star player of his team.
Steven Smith changes batting position before the Test series against India
Yes… Before the biggest battle of this cycle of the ICC World Test Championship, the Test series between India and Australia, Australia has changed the batting order of star batsman Steven Smith. After the retirement of former Kangaroo team opener David Warner from international cricket, Smith had to handle the responsibility of opening the team along with Usman Khawaja. But now this star batsman is not going to be seen opening in the Test series against India.
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Smith himself had demanded to bat down
Cricket Australia has decided that now Steven Smith will bat at number four instead of opening. Smith has been moved to the middle order after Cameron Green was ruled out of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Australia’s Chief Selector George Bailey issued a statement saying, “Pat Cummins (captain), There was a discussion between Andrew McDonald (coach) and Smith at this time. Smith has talked about removing himself from the opening and batting at the old number. “Pat and Andrew have confirmed that he will be batting down this summer.”
Steven Smith, one of the best batsmen of the Australian team, played only 4 opening Test matches in his career, but his performance there was very poor. He scored only 171 runs during this period. So this Kangaroo batsman at number-4 scored 5966 runs in 67 test matches at an average of around 60.
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