TIL Desk Sports/ Australia batsman Steve Smith said that he decided to take a more positive approach while facing India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin during the third Test on Friday. Smith, who failed to cross single digit in the previous two matches, scored a masterful 131 on Friday.
Ashwin had dismissed him three out of the previous four times in the series but the Indian spinner ended up wicketless in Australia’s first innings at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
“I decided to be a bit more positive. Early on I hit him over his head, sort of just put a bit of pressure on him to bowl where I wanted him to bowl. It was a concerted effort. And I was happy with the way I played him,” Smith told the media after the second day’s play.
