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Starc opts out of IPL auction, Smith sets base price at Rs 2 crore
Starc, who has played just two seasons of the T20 tournament in 2014 and 2015, had a lacklustre summer against India in Test series picking 11 wickets across four Tests at an average of 40.72. He was the only bowler in Australia camp to leak over three runs an over in the series against India. There was speculation that he would command a big price at this year's auction.
Allegations against Steve Smith 'absolute load of rubbish': Justin Langer
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.
Sydney Test: India win Day 2 honours despite Steve Smith ton
After bowling out Australia for 338, Gill and Rohit Sharma gave India a solid start as they not only played cautiously but scored runs at a decent rate during the course of their 70-run opening partnership. Rohit, who was playing international cricket after a long time, looked in good touch during the course of his 77-ball knock.
Sydney Test: Steve Smith breaks Australia's Test century drought against India
The right-handed batsman was, in fact, the last Australian to score a hundred for his country against India back in 2017 when he made 111 in the first innings of the Dharamsala Test. Since then the Aussies went 11 completed innings, all in Australia, without a century before Smith himself broke the jinx.
Australia all out for 338, Steve Smith scores 131
Apart from Smith who scored 131 who got run out to bring an end to Australia's first innings, Marnus Labuschagne made a significant contribution of 91 before falling short of his fifth Test ton. Debutant opener Will Pucovski had also scored 62 on the rain-hit first day of the match.
Virat Kohli closes gap on Steve Smith at top of ICC Test rankings
Kohli's innings of 74 & 4 in the Adelaide Test, which India lost by eight wickets, has enabled him to gain two points, whereas Smith's 1 & 1* lost him 10 points in the table. Marnus Labuschagne's innings of 47 & 6 in a low-scoring match have pushed him to a career-best 839 points. Whereas, captain Tim Paine's player-of-the-match innings of 73 not out has lifted him with a career-best of 33rd place with 592 points. His previous best was 45th in December of 2018.
Processes to go before Smith can become captain, says Langer
Smith's 24-month leadership ban, that was imposed by Cricket Australia following the ball-tampering saga, expired in March this year.
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