Steve Smith To Bat At No.3 In ODI Series Against India

In the One-Day International (ODI) series against India, Steve Smith will come back to bat at no.3 position. The series will get in progress from Tuesday at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. With that Marnus Labuschagne, who is set to make his conceivable ODI presentation will bat down the request.

As per a report, the beneficial batsman of the Australian group, Steve Smith will bat at his most favored spot just because since 2018. Steve Smith had batted at No.4 position in the World Cup 2019.

The previous skipper of the Australian group will be tried by the scary bowling line-up of the Indian group. In any case, the ODI batsman will worry about the concern of the meeting side's batting on his shoulders and hope to utilize conditions in India.

He has been in remarkable structure as far back as coming back to the global circuit in the wake of confronting a boycott for the ball-altering embarrassment. Australia has taken their game to the following level after the arrival of Steve Smith and David Warner a year ago.

The second-positioned ODI batsman has scored 3810 runs in ODIs with a normal of 41.41. In this configuration, with a high score of 164, he has hit 23 half-hundreds of years and eight centuries.

With that, Peter Handscomb, Ashton Turner, and Ashton Agar are battling about three spots, contingent on whether Australia selects an extra all-rounder or an additional batsman.

The Australian group will play 3 ODIs against the Indian group. The subsequent match will occur in Rajkot and the last match will be held in the arrangement concluder in Bengaluru on the nineteenth of January.

Australia's five-month hole between ODIs finishes on Tuesday when they take on India in Mumbai. In the wake of visiting India, Australia is be scheduled to visit South Africa for a three-coordinate Twenty20 International (T20) arrangement, beginning in Johannesburg from 21st February.

Source : stumpsandbails