The Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia will start on February 9 and the one participant who was unanimously thought-about a menace for the hosts was Steve Smith. A number of consultants picked him to trouble the Indian bowlers and even hinted that he can take the collection away from Rohit Sharma & Co. India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin lauded Smith’s performances in opposition to India however picked the India bowler that flip to be the important thing to dismissing him. Ashwin defined that Axar Patel is the bowler whose trajectory and constant line of bowling can each Smith massively.

“The problem of Steve Smith will likely be there for Indian cricket however I feel one man, which I’ve an incredible feeling, who can even have the numbers in opposition to him is Axar Patel. If he performs repeatedly all of the matches, the type of trajectory he has, he could be a large menace to him,” Pathan mentioned on Star Sports activities.

“The road and size he bowls, the straight ball he bowls, he can carry the lbw or bowled into play in opposition to Steve Smith, particularly as a result of he makes use of his backside hand quite a bit. A bowler who repeatedly bowls on the stumps can show to be an alarm bell in opposition to such a participant that’s Axar Patel.”

Smith is at the moment the one participant within the Australian staff who has a median above 60 in Indian situations and Ashwin made it clear that India will want a correct plan to maintain him in verify.

“Little question about that. He’s undoubtedly an Australian legend. For those who have a look at the Australian historical past as nicely, he’s up there. He has troubled the Indian bowlers quite a bit, scored tons of runs. Despite the fact that you already know that he has bought a very stable backside hand, however nonetheless he finds methods to attain runs in entrance of the wickets, on the off and leg facet. We have to have a correct plan,” mentioned Pathan.

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