Steve Smith Injury: Australia suffers another big blow

Australia's star batsman Steve Smith has been injured before the second Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. This is the second major setback for Australia after Josh Hazlewood.

Steve Smith Injury: Australia suffers another big blow

Australia's performance in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy has not been good so far. The host team lost the first Test of the series played in Perth. Now before the Pink Ball Day-Night Test to be played in Adelaide, news of the team's experienced batsman Steve Smith being injured has come to the fore. This is the second big setback for Australia before the Adelaide Test. The team's star fast bowler Josh Hazlewood has already been ruled out of the second Test due to injury. Now Smith's injury is not a good sign for Australia. Smith injured his finger while batting in the nets. He told that after getting injured, Smith stopped batting. However, it is not yet known what kind of injury Smith has suffered. There has been no disclosure yet on whether he will participate in the second Test or not.

Smith looked flop in the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy played in Perth. He scored 00 and 17 runs respectively in both the innings. At the same time, Australia had to face defeat by 295 runs in the match. In such a situation, Australia will definitely want to make a comeback in the second Test to be played in Adelaide.

2024 has not been good for Smith

2024 has not been anything special so far for Steve Smith, who is counted among the great batsmen. He has played 6 Tests so far this year, scoring 230 runs at an average of 25. During this, his highest score has been 91 runs. That is, till now a century has not come out of his bat. Now it will be interesting to see whether he takes part in the Adelaide Test or not. If he plays the Adelaide Test, then there will definitely be pressure on him to perform.