Australia’s star batsman Steve Smith has said he’s allowed India’s ace off-spinner Ashwin Ravichandran to dictate terms to him during the o...
Australia’s star batsman Steve Smith has said he’s allowed India’s ace off-spinner Ashwin Ravichandran to dictate terms to him during the ongoing Test series as he strives to rediscover his scoring touch.
Smith has been dismissed by Ashwin twice in the first two matches of the four-match series for the Border Gavaskar Trophy. The right-handed batsman fell for 1 in the Adelaide Test, and registered his first-ever first innings duck in the Melbourne Test.
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“I probably haven’t played Ashwin as well as I would’ve liked; I probably would’ve liked to have put him under a bit more pressure,” Smith is quoted as telling SEN on Tuesday by cricket.com.au.
“I’ve sort of let him dictate terms and that’s something I’ve probably never let any spinner do in my career. I’ve sort of taken it to them, been a bit more aggressive and made them change things. I haven’t allowed that to happen [this series], probably because I’m searching for just being out there for long enough,” he said, adding that it’s a double-edged sword but he will have to take the bowling on with confidence.
Smith, who looked in...
