Australian skipper Steve Smith once again flopped in the ongoing third ODI between India and Australia. Smith could not open his account, and Hardik Pandya sent him in the pavilion on a duck. The Indian all-rounder ended Smith’s innings in just three balls. An embarrassing record was also recorded in Smith’s name, along with getting out on zero.
Every batter in Australia’s batting order except Smith scored in double digits. Smith was the only batsman who could not reach double digits. This is the first time in the history of ODI cricket that a batsman has returned to the pavilion on zero, and all the other palyers have scored in double digits. In this way, another embarrassing record has been recorded in Smith’s name.
Hardik showed Smith the way to the pavilion for the 5th time in 8 innings in ODIs. With this, Hardik has also become the second bowler to dismiss Smith most time in ODI cricket. England’s spin bowler Adil Rashid has often been the victim of Smith. Rashid has taken the wicket of the kangaroo batsman six times in ODIs.
Steve Smith’s bat has remained silent in this entire series. Even in the first ODI, the Australian batsman could not show anything special and scored 22 runs. At the same time, even in the Test series, Smith could not get colour with the bat. The Kangaroo opener had failed to cross the fifty mark even once.
