Steve Smith: made debut as leg -spinner, shown with bat later – India tv hindi

This is rarely seen in cricket when a player started his career as an expert bowler but later in batting he showed such a game that he was named in the list of legendary players. This includes a name of Australian team star player Steve Smith, who made his debut in international cricket as a leg -spinner but later confirmed his place in the team on the basis of his batting. Smith has seen a strong performance in all three formats of world cricket. At the same time, in the absence of Pat Cummins in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, he also took over the responsibility of captaining the team. However, after the Australian team lost by 4 wickets against India in the semi -finals, Steve Smith definitely surprised everyone by announcing his retirement from ODIs. Smith also has the best record in ODIs, in which he has played a total of 170 matches.

Steve Smith is part of the World Cup winning team 2 times

In ODIs, Steve Smith has played a total of 170 matches, in which he got a chance to bat in 154 innings. Out of this, Smith has scored 5800 runs at an average of 43.28, in which he has managed to play 12 centuries and 35 half -century innings. At the same time, his best score has been 164 runs. Steve Smith is at number six in terms of playing the most century in ODIs for Australia. At the same time, Smith has also been a part of the World Cup winning team in ODIs 2 times, in which in 2015, when the Australian team won the World Cup trophy under the captaincy of Michael Clarke at their home, Smith was also part of that squad. After this, Smith also included Smith in the Australian team that won the ODI World Cup under the captaincy of Pat Cummins in 2023.

Part of this special list with Sachin-Kohli in ICC ODI knockout matches

Steve Smith’s record in the ICC ODI tournament has been seen very well with the bat, in which he appears a separate batsman in a knockout matches. Smith is second in the ICC ODI knockout matches in the second number of Fifty Plus runs playing innings. While Sachin has carried out this feat 6 times in 14 innings, Steve Smith has managed to do this feat 5 times in 7 innings. At the same time, Virat Kohli is at number three in this list, who has been successful in doing this 5 times in 13 innings.

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