The 31-year-old was forced to leave the ground after pulling up sore while playing for Tasmania on day two of their Sheffield Shield encounter against Queensland at the Gabba

Under Smith's leadership, Australia have won just two out of 13 one-day internationals in the past 12 months, but the skipper has quashed any talk of giving up ODI captaincy.

The India captain's next chance to gain more points will be either the one-off Test against Afghanistan in June or the five-Test series against England in August/September.

The cricketer was enjoying the game with his fiancee Dani Willis, though a mistake on social media made him a victim of trolling.

Smith's actions raised a few eyebrows but the Australian skipper laughed off the reaction after viewing the replay of the footage shown to him, stating that it was it standard technique to help shine the ball.

Warner was present at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Saturday, walking laps, but didn't take part in the training session.

Each of Australia's four frontline bowlers took more than 20 wickets in the five-match series with Pat Cummins leading the way with 23 dismissals, followed by Mitchell Starc (22), Josh Hazlewood (21) and Nathan Lyon (21).

Khawaja struggled early to find any rhythm, particularly against spinners Moeen Ali and Mason Crane, but survived to raise his 50 off 107 balls.

Another day and another milestone reached by the Australian skipper as he becomes the second fastest to score 6000 runs in 111 innings, the first occupied by Don Bradman.

Smith was earlier on retained by Rajasthan Royals where he had been a part of the team during 2014 and 2015 and led the side to the play-offs as well.

Steve Smith's contributions of 76 and 102 not out has strengthened his position at the top of the table.

Agar is most likely to join forces with Nathan Lyon in a two-man spin attack at the SCG.

Smith started out his career as a leg-spinner but decided to concentrate on his batting and has quickly established himself as the world's leading batsmen.

Australia will be without pace spearhead Mitchell Starc, who is out with a bruised heel.

The 29-year-old was hit by a stray ball from a Cameron Bancroft shot that ricocheted off the net structure and struck him on the right hand.

With both the captains smashing records and hammering the oppositions with their double tons in Test format recently, the Australian legend rates Smith above the Indian skipper.

Top-ranked Steve Smith moved closer towards Don Bradman's highest-ever ranking points after a match-winning double-century in the third Ashes Test against England in Perth.

Crediting Australia for their overall performance in the series so far, Root said that his side have to work on their performance if they want to avoid further defeat and end the Ashes on a positive note.

This innings of Smith would be special as he made his second double-hundred in 59 Test matches that he has played and his second ton in the 2017 Ashes series.

Kohli would be eyeing the chance of reaching the zenith in all three formats since he is the currently holding the numero uno spot in the ODIs and T20Is.