The cape town crowd haven’t forgotten the infamous ball-tampering incident that shook the whole cricketing world In 2018 during Australia’s tour to South Africa. The trio of Cameron Bancroft, David Warner, and the then captain Steve Smith were the ones involved in this ugly incident.
Steve Smith has returned to South African soil after a gap of 2 years. He made a grand comeback to the international cricket with some breathtaking knocks under his belt and was the reason behind the recent Ashes triumph.
Though the former world cup winning member has been trolled mercilessly wherever he goes for that ball-tampering incident, this is the first time that Steve Smith is stepping onto the field where the exact incident had happened. .
The crowds were not letting it go easy on Steve Smith as a considerable part of the crowd booed the player who was the main victim in that ball-tampering incident
It turned out to be a massive day for Steve Smith as Australia won the 3rd T20I by a huge margin to take the T20I trophy home against the resurgent Proteas.
There were some criticism regarding Steve Smith’s T20 batting abilities and people also often termed him as a test specialist but Steve Smith has silenced those critics by emerging as the 3rd leading run getter in the 3 match T20I series with 104 runs in 3 innings with an impressive average of 52.
Regained his favorite rank
The downfall of Virat Kohli in the 1st test against the Kiwis meant that Steve Smith has regained his favorite undisputed #1 rank in the longest format of the game. It was just 2 months back, Steve Smith lost his #1 ranking to Virat Kohli due to his ordinary performance against the Kiwis.
The rivalry between these two is unparalleled and will be interesting to see how the Indian captain responds to this with his bat in the 2nd test