Steve Smith Batting Order For Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024: Steve Smith’s batting position in the Australian cricket team has become a hot topic that needs to be resolved soon. The Australian team is gearing up for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India and this time their focus is on Steve Smith’s batting order.
Steve Smith is a master of the middle order
Steve Smith has scored most of his runs while batting in the middle order. After David Warner retired from Test cricket, Smith was tried as an opener, but his performance did not live up to expectations. The opening pair of Smith and Usman Khawaja managed to score only one half-century and Smith’s average was also around 28.50. Given this situation, Smith cannot be considered fit as an opener.
Steve Smith’s batting order statistics
Steve Smith has scored 5966 runs while batting at number 4 in the last decade. Whereas he has been able to score only 171 runs as an opener. He has scored 1744 runs at number 3 and 1258 runs at number 5, which shows that there are better options available for Smith apart from the role of an opener.
Opinion of the team coach and opening batsman
Steve Smith’s teammates have also given their opinion on this issue. Opener Usman Khawaja has said that he would like to see Smith batting in the middle order, many former Australian cricketers have also supported this idea and are demanding a specialist opening batsman.
Australia’s head coach Andrew McDonald has admitted that there is a discussion going on about Smith’s batting position. He said that the opinion of captain Pat Cummins and the selectors is also included in this decision, but no concrete decision has been taken yet.
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