Test match batting sensation and world’s number one ranked batsman Steve Smith has decided to follow the trend set by his countrymen and many cricketers around the world by agreeing to do a question answer session in his Instagram account.
On Sunday Steve Smith decided to answer some of his fans on questions on various topics. Here are a selection of few of his responses related to current Indian cricketers and his IPL counterparts.
Indian cricket players have had rather healthy relationship with Steve Smith. During the Round Robin game of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Virat Kohli asked fans to cheer for Steve Smith instead of booing him. Naturally on questions regarding Indian players Steve Smith had nothing but praise and appreciation for them.
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A Fan asked Steve Smith to name the Indian player who impressed him the most. Steve Smith selected Indian wicket keeper batsman KL Rahul and said he’s “a very good player”. Since bagging the keeping gloves and filling in Dhoni’s boots as a #5 batsman, KL Rahul’s career has attained new heights. Coincidentally, it was against Australia that Rishabh Pant suffered a concussion and Rahul had to take up the keeping duties which paved way for KL Rahul to ace that role.
Steve Smith also expressed his opinion on Indian skipper and world number 1 ranked batsman Virat Kohli and his limited overs vice captain and number 2 ranked batsman Rohit Sharma. He addressed Virat Kohli as ‘Freak’ for his on-field achievements and Rohit Sharma as ‘Hitman’ which is his nickname.
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Steve Smith answered a fan that IPL was the the best competition that he has been part of. He also went on to answer questions regarding his IPL counterparts. For Sanju Samson, he had a rather funny word as he called the youngster as ‘Chachu’. Smith also reserved high praise on former Indian legend Rahul Dravid. He was lauded by Smith for his on-field as well as off-field approach. “What a lovely gentleman and a seriously good player”, Smith replied about Dravid