{"id":16416,"date":"2023-03-01T12:00:18","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T12:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/01\/back-with-a-bang-fans-hail-steve-smiths-captaincy-as-australia-dominate-india-in-1st-session-on-day-1-of-ind-vs-aus-3rd-test\/"},"modified":"2023-03-01T12:00:18","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T12:00:18","slug":"back-with-a-bang-fans-hail-steve-smiths-captaincy-as-australia-dominate-india-in-1st-session-on-day-1-of-ind-vs-aus-3rd-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/01\/back-with-a-bang-fans-hail-steve-smiths-captaincy-as-australia-dominate-india-in-1st-session-on-day-1-of-ind-vs-aus-3rd-test\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cBack with a bang\u201d \u2013 Fans hail Steve Smith\u2019s captaincy as Australia dominate India in 1st session on Day 1 of IND vs AUS 3rd Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"article-content\" class=\"keeda_widget\" data-postid=\"3873494\" data-slug-id=\"1417745\">\n<p>Steve Smith, who is leading Australia in the third Test against India at the Holkar Stadium in Indore, shone for his leadership skills as the visitors dominated the first session of Day 1.<\/p>\n<p>A clinical bowling performance from Australia put the visitors in the driving seat. The hosts struggled at 84\/7 after 26 overs. Spinners Mathew Kuhnemann and Nathan Lyon scalped three wickets each, while Todd Murphy took the prized wicket of Virat Kohli.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/cricket\/twitter\">\n<div class=\"tweet-outer-container\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"tweet-container\">\n<div class=\"tweet-body\">What a morning for the Australian spinners!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/INDvAUS\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"INDvAUS\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">#INDvAUS<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"app-tweet-blockquote\"><p>What a morning for the Australian spinners!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/INDvAUS\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"INDvAUS\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">#INDvAUS<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Fans hailed Steve Smith\u2019s captaincy as he ensured Australia were on top with attacking field placements and for picking the right bowlers to dominate India.<\/p>\n<p>Some pointed towards his aggressive mindset for the use of pacers to prevent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/player\/r-ashwin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Ravichandran Ashwin<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/player\/axar-patel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Axar Patel<\/a> from scoring easy runs.<\/p>\n<p>For the uninitiated, India\u2019s tail wagged in the last two Tests under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/player\/pj-cummins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Pat Cummins<\/a>\u2019 captaincy. The regular skipper is currently in Sydney due to his mother&#8217;s ill health.<\/p>\n<p><em>Here are some of the best Twitter reactions:<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/cricket\/twitter\">\n<div class=\"tweet-outer-container\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"tweet-container\">\n<p>steve smith captaincy back with a bang<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"app-tweet-blockquote\"><p>steve smith captaincy back with a bang<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/cricket\/twitter\">\n<div class=\"tweet-outer-container\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"tweet-container\">\n<div class=\"tweet-body\">Great captaincy by Steve Smith so good with bowling changes and field positions and Australia are absolutely on Top <noscript><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy-img\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" data-img=\"https:\/\/cdnjs.cloudflare.com\/ajax\/libs\/twemoji\/14.0.2\/72x72\/1f44f.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc4f\" data-img-low=\"https:\/\/cdnjs.cloudflare.com\/ajax\/libs\/twemoji\/14.0.2\/72x72\/1f44f.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,&lt;svg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%2018%2018%22&gt;&lt;\/svg&gt;\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sk-app-thumbnail\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc4f\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnjs.cloudflare.com\/ajax\/libs\/twemoji\/14.0.2\/72x72\/1f44f.png\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy-img\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" data-img=\"https:\/\/cdnjs.cloudflare.com\/ajax\/libs\/twemoji\/14.0.2\/72x72\/1f44f.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc4f\" data-img-low=\"https:\/\/cdnjs.cloudflare.com\/ajax\/libs\/twemoji\/14.0.2\/72x72\/1f44f.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,&lt;svg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%2018%2018%22&gt;&lt;\/svg&gt;\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"app-tweet-blockquote\"><p>Great captaincy by Steve Smith so good with bowling changes and field positions and Australia are absolutely on Top \ud83d\udc4f\ud83d\udc4f<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/cricket\/twitter\">\n<div class=\"tweet-outer-container\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"tweet-container\">\n<div class=\"tweet-body\">Excellent captaincy by Smith.Bringing a Starc to clean up the tail which Cummins didn&#8217;t do in the previous two matches.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BGT2023\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"BGT2023\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">#BGT2023<\/a> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SteveSmith\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"SteveSmith\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">#SteveSmith<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"app-tweet-blockquote\"><p>Excellent captaincy by Smith.Bringing a Starc to clean up the tail which Cummins didn&#8217;t do in the previous two matches.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BGT2023\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"BGT2023\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">#BGT2023<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SteveSmith\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"SteveSmith\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">#SteveSmith<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/cricket\/twitter\">\n<div class=\"tweet-outer-container\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"tweet-container\">\n<div class=\"tweet-body\">The way the Aussies have taken wickets and the bowling changes, i think Steve Smith is silently indicating why he should be the captain of this Aussie side. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AUSvsIND\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"AUSvsIND\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">#AUSvsIND<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BGT\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"BGT\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">#BGT<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"app-tweet-blockquote\"><p>The way the Aussies have taken wickets and the bowling changes, i think Steve Smith is silently indicating why he should be the captain of this Aussie side. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AUSvsIND\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"AUSvsIND\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">#AUSvsIND<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BGT\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"BGT\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">#BGT<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/cricket\/twitter\">\n<div class=\"tweet-outer-container\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"tweet-container\">\n<div class=\"tweet-body\">Steve Smith ke captaincy Mai alag Australia lag rahi ha..\ud83e\udd75<noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sk-app-thumbnail\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude37\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnjs.cloudflare.com\/ajax\/libs\/twemoji\/14.0.2\/72x72\/1f637.png\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy-img\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" data-img=\"https:\/\/cdnjs.cloudflare.com\/ajax\/libs\/twemoji\/14.0.2\/72x72\/1f637.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude37\" data-img-low=\"https:\/\/cdnjs.cloudflare.com\/ajax\/libs\/twemoji\/14.0.2\/72x72\/1f637.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,&lt;svg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%2018%2018%22&gt;&lt;\/svg&gt;\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"app-tweet-blockquote\"><p>Steve Smith ke captaincy Mai alag Australia lag rahi ha..\ud83e\udd75\ud83d\ude37<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/cricket\/twitter\">\n<div class=\"tweet-outer-container\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"tweet-container\">\n<p>Good move by Steve Smith to get Starc in for Axar &amp; Ashwin. Lesson learnt.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"app-tweet-blockquote\"><p>Good move by Steve Smith to get Starc in for Axar &amp; Ashwin. Lesson learnt.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/cricket\/twitter\">\n<div class=\"tweet-outer-container\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"tweet-container\">\n<div class=\"tweet-body\">That&#8217;s such a great captain move by Steve Smith, bringing Starc on for this Indian pair who have no fear of spin<\/p>\n<p>Brilliant! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IndvsAus\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"IndvsAus\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">#IndvsAus<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"app-tweet-blockquote\"><p>That&#8217;s such a great captain move by Steve Smith, bringing Starc on for this Indian pair who have no fear of spinBrilliant! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IndvsAus\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"IndvsAus\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">#IndvsAus<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/cricket\/twitter\">\n<div class=\"tweet-outer-container\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"tweet-container\">\n<p>Ye Steve Smith kuch zyada hi shanpatti kar raha hai<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"app-tweet-blockquote\"><p>Ye Steve Smith kuch zyada hi shanpatti kar raha hai<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<h2>Steve Smith\u2019s exceptional record as Test captain<\/h2>\n<p>Since being named Pat Cummins\u2019 deputy, Steve Smith has won both Tests as captain. The 33-year-old guided Australia to a 275-run victory against England in the Ashes 2021-22. He then helped the Aussies beat West Indies by 419 runs in a day-night Test last year.<\/p>\n<p>Smith will now look to register a hat-trick of wins by helping the visitors fight back in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy.<\/p>\n<p>So far, Smith has led Australia in 37 Tests, with 20 wins and 10 losses. He was removed as regular captain following the infamous Sandpaper scandal incident against South Africa after the third Test at Newlands in Cape Town in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Pat Cummins has led Australia in 15 Tests, guiding Australia to eight wins, with four games ending in a draw. 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