Now it is now about 4 weeks to start the Champions Trophy. But before this, the difficulties for Australia are not taking the name of being reduced. He is shocked one after the other before the tournament starts. Kangaroo team's crucial all -rounder Michale Marsh has already been out of the tournament. Marcus stoinis was reliable after being out of Marsh. But he has surprised everyone by retiring from ODI suddenly. Australian pace attack leader and team captain Pat Cummins also suspense. He is considered to be out of this tournament. That is, there has been a situation of confusion about the captaincy. Meanwhile, Steve Smith has expressed his desire to lead the Australian team in the Champions Trophy.

Smith will captain the Champions Trophy?

Pat Cummins are struggling with ankle injury and it is difficult to recover from time to time. Australia's head coach Andrew McDonald believes that Cummins is less likely to play in the Champions Trophy. In such a situation, a big question has arisen in front of Australia and that is who will take over the command of the team in the tournament? Steve Smith has answered this. Actually, Smith has claimed captaincy in the Champions Trophy in gestures. In the absence of Cummins, he has expressed his desire to lead the team.

Steve Smith is currently playing a Test series in Sri Lanka. Pat Cummins could not go on this tour due to injury. Therefore, the responsibility of captaincy was given to Smith. Before the second Test, Smith said about the captaincy in the Champions Trophy, 'I have not thought about it much. We have to wait for the change in the squad. At the moment I am just focusing on the Test series. We want to win the series this time somehow, only then we will focus on ODI cricket. But I like to captain these conditions. In these places I have a good understanding of the game. It is fun to make the angle and walk like a chassboard.

Steve Smith's captaincy record

Apart from Steve Smith, Travis Head is also a big contender for the captaincy of the Australian team. But they lack experience in this role. Head has captained in T20 but it does not have any experience in ODI format. In such a situation, he is less likely to be given captaincy in a big tournament like Champions Trophy. Talking about Smith at the same time, he has captained for Australia in 58 ODIs. During this time, he has won 30 matches and has to face defeat in 25. At the same time, there was no result in 3 matches. His captaincy Australia has won 51.72 percent matches. However, he too has never captained the ICC tournament.