Steve Smith has started his home season against India with a bang punishing bowlers bowling full-length deliveries as the signs are not at all promising for Team India. India and Australia have played just two ODIs so far in the bilateral series post-Covid-19 but if his form in those two games is anything to go by, then one can say the Indian bowlers are set for a tough time Down Under.
The former Australian skipper has looked in ominous form so far. In both the ODIs, he scored 62-ball hundreds to power his team to resounding wins over the Men in Blue.
Wasim Jaffer’s Has An Offer For Steve Smith
With India failing to find success against Steve Smith in the first two ODIs, their former Indian cricketer Wasim Jaffer has come up with a hilarious strategy to help the team. To ensure that the Australian does not play in the upcoming four-match Test series, Wasim Jaffer has offered a vacation in Hawaii to him.
Wasim Jaffer, who has been posting hilarious memes on Twitter in recent times, posted the following picture:
Congratulations @stevesmith49!! Don't let this one go! ? pic.twitter.com/m3ryHbMwA0
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) November 30, 2020
Meanwhile, the Australian batsman has now scored 209 runs in the ongoing series at a strike rate of 162.01. The only player in ODI history to score more runs at a faster rate in an ODI series against India, was Shahid Afridi in 2005. Shahid Afridi had scored 211 runs at a strike rate of 172.95.
Steve Smith’s Form Against India Is Concerning
In his last five ODIs against India, Steve Smith has scored- 69 (70), 98 (102), 131 (132), 105 (66), 104 (64). In the first ODI, Australia won by 66 runs margin after scoring a mammoth total of 374 for 6. Steve Smith had scored 105 runs in that game.
In the second ODI, he scored 104 as Australia piled up a record 389 for 4 before restricting India to 338 for 9 to seal the three-match series with a match remaining. None of the Indian bowlers managed to trouble the right-handed batsman as he took them to the cleaners.