By Kaif - Mar 06, 2025 10:11 AM
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Top 3 best innings of Steve Smith in ODI cricket: Australia team's veteran player Steve Smith has retired from international ODI cricket . He took this decision after losing the first semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 against India. Steve Smith has scored 5800 runs in 170 matches in ODI cricket at an average of over 43.
Steve Smith is counted among the best batsmen in the world. This player started his international cricketing career as a bowling all-rounder. He also did well with bowling in the beginning, but later he won the hearts of all the fans with his brilliant batting.
Even though Steve Smith has retired from international ODI cricket, he can be seen playing in Test and T20 formats. In this article today we are going to tell you about the three top innings played by Steve Smith in ODIs.
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Steve Smith's performance was very good in the ODI World Cup 2015 and due to this Australia won the trophy of this great tournament. Australia defeated New Zealand by 7 wickets in the final of the 2015 World Cup played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
The Australian team, which came out to chase the target of 184 runs, did not have a good start and Aaron Finch was out early. However, after the first wicket fell early, Steve Smith and Michael Clarke made a match-winning partnership. During this partnership, Steve Smith scored 56* runs. Steve Smith scored 402 runs in 7 innings at an average of 67 in the ODI World Cup 2015.
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The experienced batsman played a crucial innings of 105 runs against India in the semi-final of the 2015 World Cup at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney. This was Steve Smith's first ODI World Cup century. His innings helped Australia beat Team India at home by 95 runs.
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Steve Smith has always performed brilliantly at Sydney Cricket Ground. In the first ODI match played at home against New Zealand in December 2016, this dashing batsman scored 164 runs. During his innings, he hit 14 fours and four sixes.
Australia won this match by 68 runs and Steve Smith was awarded the Player of the Match award for his innings.
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