Steve Smith's entry into the Australian team (Photo-PTI)

Steve Smith: Ultimately what was feared happened. Australia's T20 captain Mitchell Marsh has been ruled out of the T20 World Cup 2026. Marsh was injured during practice before the match against Ireland, due to which he could not play the first two matches and now this player is out of the tournament. The big news is that Steve Smith has got a place in the Australian squad in place of Mitchell Marsh. Steve Smith is going to play in the important match against Sri Lanka.

Steve Smith's form is amazing

Steve Smith is considered a great Test batsman but this player is also amazing in T20 cricket. This player's form in T20 is also going well. Steve Smith had performed amazingly while playing for Sydney Sixers in the Big Bash. This right-handed batsman had scored 299 runs at an average of 59.8. The big thing is that his strike rate was 167.97 which is much higher than his career strike rate. Smith also scored 2 half-centuries and one century in 6 matches in Big Bash.

Steve Smith has amazing experience in T20

Talking about Steve Smith, he has experience of 272 matches in T20 cricket. This player has scored 6242 runs, in which his average is 32.68. Smith has scored 5 centuries and 30 half-centuries in T20. Steve Smith has 74 centuries to his name in professional cricket.

Mitchell Marsh will be missed

Let us tell you that Australia is going to miss Mitchell Marsh. This player has won many matches for Australia as an opener. Marsh has scored 2102 runs in T20 International at an average of 32.33 and his strike rate is close to 140. Marsh has scored one century and 11 half-centuries. The pair of Marsh and Head has proved to be a disaster for the opposing teams but now this pair has broken. Let us tell you that the Australian team has lost the last match against Zimbabwe and now it has to win against Sri Lanka at any cost. If this does not happen then Zimbabwe can get entry in Super 8.

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