Hardik Pandya vs Steve Smith Stats: The deciding match of the series between India and Australia is being played in Chennai. In this match, Australia captain Steve Smith won the toss and decided to bat first. At the same time, till the time of writing the news, Australia’s team has scored 97 runs for 3 wickets in 18.2 overs. Currently, David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne are at the crease. While Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh and Steve Smith have returned to the pavilion. However, Steve Smith returned to the pavilion on the ball of Australian captain Hardik Pandya without scoring any runs.
Hardik Pandya dismissed Steve Smith for the fifth time in ODIs
Steve Smith was dismissed by Hardik Pandya for the fifth time in ODI cricket. At the same time, England Adil Rashid has made Steve Smith his victim most times in ODI format. Apart from Adil Rashid, Hardik Pandya, Moeen Ali, Trent Boult, Stuart Broad, Mohammed Shami, Mark Wood and Umesh Yadav have been dismissed 5-5 times. Today, KL Rahul caught the catch of Steve Smith on the ball of Hardik Pandya. The Australian captain failed to open his account.
Both the teams are eyeing to win the series.
Significantly, the Indian team had defeated Australia in the first match of the 3 ODI series. However, Australia made a spectacular comeback in the second ODI. Australia beat India by 10 wickets in Visakhapatnam ODI. In this way the series is on par with 1-1. That is, the team that wins the Chennai ODI will win the series. However, both the teams are eyeing the series by winning the last ODI.
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