Both Warner and Smith, then Australia's captain and vice-captain, were banned by Cricket Australia for one year for involvement in ball-tampering during the Cape Town Test in March 2018.

Sachin picked his 'friend' Kohli over Smith with the explanation that 'let an Indian guy pick an Indian' although he admitted that he refrains from comparing two cricketers and wants the cricketing fraternity to enjoy the two players. 

ICC took part in the Facebook, Tinder, Instagram, LinkedIN challenge and posted photos of Steve Smith and Cheteshwar Pujara.

Aaron Finch's 109 went in vain as Steve Smith's 40-ball 66 not guided Sixers to a 7-wicket win over Renegades.

Former Australia captain Steve Smith said that Virat Kohli is a terrific player and his hunger for runs will make him break more records.

Smith and Philippe will play together for the Sydney Sixers on Thursday night in the Big Bash League (BBL).

Both Smith and Labuschagne will play in the Big Bash League (BBL) now for Sydney Sixers and Brisbane Heat and the two will square off on Thursday when their teams cross swords.

In a Question and Answers session on Twitter, former Australian great Dean Jones picked the best batsman among Kohli and Smith in all three forms of the game. 

The long-time debate over who is better between India skipper Kohli and Australian star batter Steve Smith was once again brought up by social media enthusiasts after Smith slammed 131 off 132 balls in 3rd ODI.

Virat Kohli was confident that an experienced side like theirs would pull off a tricky run-chase even in absence of an injured Shikhar Dhawan.

Steve Smith continued on his good run as he scored his ninth ODI century during the third and final game of the series in Bengaluru.

India made history in Australia last January by winning their maiden Test series win Down Under, ending a 71-year wait. But, at that time, Smith and Warner were serving one-year ball tampering bans

Marnus Labuschagne was dismissed in the 31st over and Chinaman Kuldeep Yadav accounted for both Alex Carrey and Smith in the 38th over which turned out to be a game-changer.

Virat Kohli won the ICC 'Spirit of Cricket' award for his heartwarming gesture to ask the fans not to boo Australia's Steve Smith during the 2019 World Cup.

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Smith advised the 22-year-old Labuschagne to stay grounded after his meteoric rise in international cricket.

Ashton Turner talked about David Warner and Steve Smith, and also reflected on his IPL stint with Rajasthan Royals.

Steve Smith has an impressive average of 52.72 while batting at No.3 than at No.4 where he averages just 35.61. 

Kohli, with 11,000 plus runs and 43 centuries in ODIs, is way ahead of Smith who is closing in on 4000 runs with eight three-figure scores.

Labuschagne will make his ODI debut in the three-game series against India and he is willing to grab Smith's batting position, one where the former skipper appeared 56 times in the format - third only to Ricky Ponting (339) and Dean Jones (131) - while scoring seven of his eight ODI tons.