Many videos of the altercation between Steve Smith and Babar Azam during the Big Bash League are going viral on social media. In a video, Steve Smith is seen refusing to take a run to Babar Azam. In a video, Steve Smith is seen disappointed over the poor fielding of Babar Azam. In another video, when Babar Azam was out, he is venting his anger on the boundary rope while leaving the field. All these incidents happened in the same match, the fans are surprised because this altercation took place between Babar Azam and Steve Smith while being in the same team. Steve Smith has now broken his silence on this matter.
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This spat between Babar Azam and Steve Smith started from the first innings itself. During Sydney Thunder’s innings, there was a misunderstanding between Steve Smith and Babar Azam while trying to stop a shot from David Warner and the ball went out of bounds. Although replays clearly showed that Babar Azam could have caught the ball, Steve Smith was surprised to see Babar’s poor fielding. After some time, another similar shot came, where Smith ignored Babar and caught the ball himself. However, even during this time, Babar had come ahead of Steve Smith. After this, both the batsmen opened the innings for Sydney Sixers and gave a good start. However, during the 11th over, Steve Smith refused to take an easy single to Babar Azam. Due to which Babar looked very angry. Steve Smith has now given the reason for not taking that single.
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Steve Smith said after the match, “‘We talked after 10 overs, and the captain and the coach said to take the power-surge immediately. I said no, let’s play one more over. I want to play towards the short boundary. I don’t want to spoil the first over. I will try to score 30 runs in that over. I think we scored 32 runs, so it was a good result. I don’t know whether Babar was happy with the decision of not taking a single from me or No.” Steve Smith’s decision of not taking a single was in the interest of the team, in the 12th over Smith used power-surge and scored 32 runs. This was the most expensive over in the history of BBL. Even in this over, Smith was reluctant to take two runs, but in the end he took two runs. Let us tell you, there is a power-surge rule in BBL. Under this, after 10 overs, teams can use powerplay for 2 overs, in which 2 players will remain outside the 30 yards circle. As usually happens in the first 6 overs in T20.
