Smith finished IPL 2020 with 311 runs in the 14 matches he played, at a strike rate of 131, including three half-centuries. Rajasthan Royals finished bottom of the table with six wins in 14 games.

Smith and vice-captain David Warner had resigned in the aftermath of the scandal during the Cape Town Test against South Africa in March 2018 and since then Tim Paine has been at the helm of the Test team.

Steve Smith reckons that with the Gabba track starting to play a few tricks, staying patient would be imperative for his team's bowlers when they defend an imposing 328 against a determined India.

Rohit appears to imitate Steve Smith on the crease after the star Aussie batsman stirred controversy by allegedly scuffing off Rishabh Pant's crease while shadow batting in Sydney Test.

A new and longer video of Steve Smith scuffing off crease during the third Test suggests the Oz star batsman did the act after the groundstaff draw fresh crease during drinks' break.

Vaughan came down heavily on Smith for the incident saying that the former Oz skipper has let his team down again by scuffing off Rishabh Pant's guard.

Smith was caught on stump camera trying to remove Pant's guard during the fifth day of the third Test as Australia tried hard to get rid of the left-handed wicketkeeper-batsman who went on the counter-attack.

A video footage showed Smith scuffing up the batsman's guard during drinks break in the first session on Monday. Pant scored a fluent 97 to raise India's hopes for a win.

Smith (900 points) is placed second behind New Zealand captain Kane Williamson (919) with Kohli at third with 870 points.

Both Tim Paine and Steve Smith were panned by fans and experts alike for their unsportsman-like conduct during Tuesday's drawn Sydney Test.

Australia's Steve Smith shadow-batted as he came to the crease after the drinks break, and proceeded to remove Rishabh Pant's guard marks.

Smith said nothing changes for them as players.

Having just managed to score only 10 runs in the first Two Tests, Smith roared back to form as his 131, single-handedly steered Australia to 338, their first innings total, despite a middle-order failure.

Steve Smith slammed his eighth Test century against India, which is the joint-highest by any player against the country in the longest format of the game.

Australian batsman Steve Smith reached the triple figures during the third Test against India in Sydney.

Siraj, who took five wickets in the debut Test in Melbourne, further said that the ball is coming on to the bat quite well at the SCG.

Smith was dismissed for 0 and 8 in the Melbourne Test after scores of 1 and 1 not out in the series opener at Adelaide.

India take on Australia in the SCG Test beginning on Thursday with the series levelled 1-1. 

Burns and Smith have both failed to contribute to the scoreboard in the two matches they played in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar series.

Smith has aggregated just 10 runs in four innings of the first two Tests averaging only 3.33 per innings.