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. 

Twelve months ago, India ended a 71-year wait for their maiden Test series win in Australia. However, Australia are a different team now with Steve Smith and David Warner back in the side having served one-year ball-tampering bans

Tim Paine also said the duo, who were banned for a year after their involvement in a ball-tampering episode, have set an example for the other batsmen in the team.

Marnus Labuschagne shared a 156-run partnership with Steve Smith, who made 63, to give first-day honours to Australia after captain Tim Paine won the toss and batted on a dry SCG pitch. 

As soon as the 30-year-old scored his first run, the SCG burst into ironic cheers and even the Australian batter could see the funny side, raising his arm to acknowledge the applause.

All four of Steve Smith's dismissals have been against short balls delivered by Neil Wagner.

Smith's dogged unbeaten 77 helped the hosts reach 257/4 at stumps on Day 1 along with Marnus Labuschagne's 63. For the Kiwis, Colin de Grandhomme returned with figures of 2/58.

Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne scored fifties as Australia posted 257/4 as record crowd attended day one of the Boxing Day Test at the MCG.

As Smith walked onto the ground, boos echoed around the MCG, thus making him angry.

Steve Smith went past former Test captain Greg Chappell's tally of 7,110 runs with a comfortable single in the 51st over, moving into 10th position.

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