It’s the year of the World T20 and every country is looking to take every opportunity to prepare for the marquee event slated to be held later in the year. The Australian run-machine Steve Smith is looking forward to playing another ICC event at home after the 2015 World Cup. In fact, he believes that his stint in the IPL with Rajasthan Royals will have a major role to play in the build-up to the mega event Down Under.
Speaking to IANS, Smith gave his thoughts on the proposal of four-day Tests, India skipper Kohli’s gesture to ask fans to support him during the 2019 World Cup, the Indian Premier League and lots more. He wants to keep playing and improving on the go rather than changing his style of training going into the T20 World Cup.
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Talking about his preparation, Smith said, “I would love to be a part of the World Cup, it’s obviously at home in Australia. I was involved in the ODI World Cup here in 2015 and had the most amazing six-weeks of my cricketing career and loved every minute of it. So yeah would love to be involved in another World Cup at home for sure!”
Usually, any interview with Smith is incomplete without a discussion about the Indian skipper, Virat Kohli as these two expected to share a lot of records between them when they hang their boots. Currently, there has been talks about the comparison, he decides to highlight how brilliant Kohli has been both as batsman and leader.
Talking about Kohli, Smith said, “Yeah, he is terrific. I think he’s an incredible player in all three formats and I think we will see him break many records. He has got the hunger for runs and doesn’t stop getting them. Hopefully, he can stop getting them against Australia, that’ll be nice. As a captain, he’s already made India the number one side in the world in Test cricket. He is a lot about fitness and is health-conscious and things like that.”
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He further added, “He’s got the Indian side into a really good place and leads them exceptionally well.” Talking about Kohli’s gesture to ask fans to show him support during the 2019 World Cup, Smith said, “In the World Cup it was really nice of Virat to do what he did. He did not have to do that and yeah it was a lovely gesture and really appreciated that.”
Kohli, in fact, won the ‘Spirit of Cricket’ award for his gesture in England.
