Champions Trophy: Steve Smith makes a big announcement after losing the semi-final against India, says goodbye to ODI cricket
Steve Smith has suddenly made a big announcement. After losing to India in the semi-finals, Steve Smith has said goodbye to ODI cricket.
Ankush Pandey
Australia had to face defeat against the Indian team in the semi-final match of the Champions Trophy 2025. After this defeat, Australian team captain Steve Smith has announced his retirement from ODI cricket. India defeated Australia by 4 wickets in the semi-final match played in Dubai. With this defeat, Australia's dream of reaching the final was shattered and Steve Smith's ODI career also came to an end.
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Smith, who has retired from ODI cricket, will be available for Test and T20 international matches. Smith made his debut as a leg-spinning all-rounder against West Indies in 2010. After this, he became one of the best batsmen in the world by doing wonders in batting. He played 170 ODIs for Australia and scored 5800 runs at an average of 43.28, including 12 centuries and 35 half-centuries. Apart from this, he also took 28 wickets at an average of 34.67.
Won the World Cup twice
Smith, who was part of Australia's 2015 and 2023 World Cup winning team, became the ODI captain in 2015. However, in 2018, after being found involved in the sand paper case, he was removed from the captaincy and was also banned for 1 year. After the ban was lifted, he not only returned to the team but also succeeded in regaining the captaincy after a few years. In the Champions Trophy 2025, he captained Australia in the absence of Pat Cummins and led the team to the semi-finals.
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The two-time @cricketworldcup winner has announced his immediate retirement from ODI cricket ????https://t.co/2E0MNR57tm
— ICC (@ICC) March 5, 2025
Test cricket still the priority
Steve Smith said on retiring from ODI cricket that it has been a great journey for him and he enjoyed every moment of it. There were a lot of wonderful moments and great memories. He said that winning two World Cups was a great achievement and many teammates shared this journey. Now there is a great opportunity to start preparing for the 2027 World Cup, so it seems like the right time. Test cricket is still the priority and he is really looking forward to the World Test Championship final, West Indies and then England at home.
