On Wednesday, former Australian skipper, Steve Smith took to Instagram where he shared a video of him doing isolation batting. Amid the coronavirus lockdown, people are confined to their homes but that didn’t stop Smith from improving his hand-eye coordination.

In the video, Steve can be seen continuously hitting a tennis ball against the wall. Captioning the video of the same on his official Instagram account, Smith said, “Just a little bit of #isobatting to keep up the hand-eye coordination #cricketdrill #stayhome #stayactive.”

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Steve Smith, much like every other cricketer, is spending time at home as the coronavirus is wreaking havoc around the world. Cricketers are using social media as a medium to interact with their fans during the ongoing health crisis. Recently, he welcomed the forced break by the coronavirus pandemic but remained optimistic about going back on the field.

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During a podcast organized by the IPL franchise, Rajasthan Royals (RR), taking to Ish Sodhi, Smith said, “It has been a pretty long year with the World Cup and Ashes, a few away one day tours. So, this rest is not the worst thing but hopefully, it is for a few weeks. I am pretty keen to get back to playing.”

The number one Test batsman, Smith, also named Ravindra Jadeja as the toughest bowler he has faced in the subcontinent.

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Talking about the left-arm spinner, Jadeja said, “Jadeja in the sub-continent… why he is so good because, he hits that good length and one ball skids on and one spins, and it just all looks same out of the hand. I think consistency in length is key and then having at least one variation.”