Flintoff believes the whole team must have been part of the incident one way or the other.

At home with his family during the isolation period, Smith is working on improving his hand-eye coordination through isolation batting.

Steve Smith was captain of Rising Pune Supergiant when Unadkat had his breakthrough season in the 2017 Indian Premier League (IPL).

Steve Smith and his wife Dani Willis were saddened by the passing away of their dog Charlie.

Lyon reckons that Paine has been “absolutely incredible” ever since taking up the responsibility post the infamous ball-tampering scandal in 2018.

Abbas also claimed that Australia's Steve Smith is more consistent than Kohli in Test cricket.

Australian batsman Steve Smith heaped praise on the Indian bowler during a podcast session with Ish Sodhi for Rajasthan Royals.

Steve Smith said that he is excited to see how Jaiswal would do if and when the season starts. 

Smith had captained Australia to a massive 333-run win in the first Test against India in Pune during the 2017 series. However, India fought back to win two of the next three Tests and won the series. 

Rajasthan Royals' Steve Smith said this while speaking to Ish Sodhi in a podcast organised by Rajasthan Royals

Smith said his off-stump stance helps him to leave the balls which are outside his line of sight.

The legendary fast bowler, who is also the bowling coach of Pakistan team was speaking in the context of his country not being able to win even one Test match since 1995.

Under Paine, Australia for the first time in 71 years lost a home Test series against India 1-2 in the 2018-19 bilateral contest. However, Smith and Warner were then in the midst of their ball-tampering suspension and the team was in a transition phase.

Smith is free to captain the national team again after his captaincy ban came to an end on Sunday. This would be of little significance however with no cricket coming up in Australia, or anywhere in the world, due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Cricket Australia had imposed a two-year captaincy ban on Steve Smith for his role in the ball-tampering scandal that took place in March 2018 in South Africa. The suspension ended on March 29 making him eligible for the post once again. 

The two-year leadership ban on Steve Smith ended on Sunday, making him eligible for the captaincy of the national team.

Cricket Australia has not directed the players officially with its chief executive Kevin Roberts on Tuesday saying that players were individually contracted to their IPL teams and can make up their own minds to compete in the 2020 IPL or not.

Opener David Warner, who has played a lot of cricket with Smith was in shock and claimed the ball hit at the same place where late Australian cricket Phil Hughes got hit.

Steve Smith joked about playing slowly in the retro kits against New Zealand in the upcoming three-match ODI series.

Rahul has been a revelation for India in recent times since he took over the responsibility both as a wicketkeeper and as a middle-order batsman in the limited-overs format.