Steve Smith Announced Retirement: Australian veteran Steve Smith has announced his retirement from ODI cricket. The Australian team played the Champions Trophy under the captaincy of 2025 Smith. Australia suffered defeat against India in the semi -finals. The team was out of the tournament with this defeat. Smith retired from ODI after this match. He played the last ODI of his career against Team India.
Steve Smith’s ODI career has been excellent. He has scored 5800 runs in 170 matches for Australia. Smith has scored 12 centuries and 35 half -centuries in this format. His best ODI score has been 164 runs. Smith has shown amazing on many big occasions for Australia. He has also done well against India. But now he has said goodbye to ODI cricket.
What did Steve Smith say on retirement –
According to the news of Cricket.com.com, Smith said after retirement, every moment of every moment has been important for me. It was a great journey. I have made a lot of good memories during my career. Winning two World Cups was the most spectacular in his career. Now there is a good opportunity for other players to prepare for the ODI World Cup 2027.
Australia’s crushing defeat in the semi -finals –
Steve Smith announced his retirement after Australia’s defeat. Australia traveled to the semi -finals of the Champions Trophy. But he had to face defeat against India here. Steve Smith scored 73 runs in the semi -finals.
Smith’s ODI performance against India –
Smith played 30 ODIs during his career against Team India. He scored 1383 runs during this time. Smith has scored 5 centuries and 7 half -centuries against Team India. Smith has made the most ODIs against India. He has played 40 matches against England. He has scored 1245 runs during this period. Smith has scored a century and 6 half -centuries against England.
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