Delhi: In the Border-Gavaskar Trophy being played against India, Australia has taken a 2-1 lead after four matches. The contribution of veteran batsman Steve Smith has been important in this success of the team, who has returned to form by scoring brilliant centuries in the recent two test matches.

At the same time, Australia has to face Sri Lanka in the 2-match Test series starting from January 29. According to the report of Code Sports, regular captain and fast pacer Pat Cummins will not be available on this tour.

In his absence, Smith can be given the captaincy.

Smith's performance in Border-Gavaskar

In the current series, Smith has scored 277 runs in 7 innings of 4 matches at an average of 39.57. Especially in the Melbourne and Adelaide Tests, he has proved his usefulness by scoring centuries. It remains to be seen how beneficial Smith's leadership will be for Australia on the Sri Lanka tour.

It is noteworthy that the last match of the Test series between India and Australia will be held at Sydney Cricket Ground, i.e.

SCG from January 3. In this match, the Indian team will try to win and level the series at 2-2, while the host team would like to secure its place in the final of the ICC World Test Championship by winning this match.