IND vs AUS: Steve wonder!
Updated On: 08 March, 2023 09:24 AM IST | Ahmedabad | R Kaushik
Skipper Smith has been at the helm of Australia’s remarkable turnaround as was seen in his sharp bowling changes and smart field setting at Indore
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Australia skipper Steve Smith during a net session at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad yesterday. Pic/Getty Images
Steve Smith’s influence in Australia’s comeback win in Indore was massive, no matter if the dispassionate scorecard indicates that he made 26 in his only innings in the third Test and snaffled one catch apiece in each of India’s two digs. It’s another matter that his grab in the second, a fantastic reflex catch at leg-slip to dismiss a firmly entrenched Cheteshwar Pujara, perhaps lopped 30 or 35 off Australia’s eventual target that was only 76.
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It was as captain that Smith stood out the most. His canny bowling changes, based on instinct and intuition as much as his excellent reading of the game, didn’t allow batsmen to get used to one mode of attack, even if it meant prematurely terminating a good spell. Fields were smart and designed to make batsmen think Smith, and Australia, were on to something when they actually weren’t, and because he has led in India previously, he was well positioned to know when to pull back a little and when to attack a bit more.
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