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"Not out of form, just out of runs...": Steve Smith breaks silence on dry run ahead of Brisbane Test

Brisbane, : Ahead of the third Test against India in Brisbane, Australian batter Steve Smith insisted he is not out of form, just short of runs, and also spoke about when he might retire from the sport. ": Steve Smith breaks silence on dry run ahead of Brisbane Test With the five-match series level at 1-1, all eyes are on Smith, who has totalled just 19 runs in three innings so far. In the ongoing ICC World Test Championship 2023-25 cycle, Smith has scored only 757 runs at an average of 31.54, with one century and four fifties in 27 innings. Quoted by cricket.com.au, Smith said he told Australia's batting coach Michael Di Venuto, 'I said to him, "I don't feel like I'm out of form just out of runs."' Australia squad: Pat Cummins, Sean Abbott, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Brendan Doggett, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitch Marsh, Nathan McSweeney, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Beau Webster India squad: Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Devdutt Padikkal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar.

Hindustan Times

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