BGT | Twitter reacts to Smith helplessly watching on as rolling ball disturbs his stumps
There's a popular saying that fortune favors the brave. Australian stalwart Steve Smith was courageous enough to stand upright against the Indian attack and stockpile 140 runs on the board but for a twist, luck ruined his stellar knock due to a bizarre dismissal on the second day of the MCG Test.
Australia initiated the fourth Test on a positive note with their top three in Usman Khawaja, Sam Konstas, and Marnus Labuschagne fetching half-centuries on the opening day. Although India managed to extract half a dozen wickets by Stumps, Steve Smith kept the Australian scorecard ticking by his natural strokeplay. The stalwart continued to blossom on the next day as he smoked centuries in back-to-back Tests. The batter switched gears following his ton but was unlucky to get dismissed off Akash Deep in a bizarre way.
The first ball of the 115th over saw Akash Deep come over the wicket and bowl a length delivery into the right-hander. Smith shimmied down the track to hack across the line but ended up with an inside edge back to his pads and onto the wickets. The ball almost died near the stumps, instead rolled onto it and dropped the bails resting on the groove. Smith was dejected with this form of dismissal but the Indian group had a sigh of relief despite the damage being done, leaving the Twitterverse into a frenzy.
Oh dear!
Oh dear Steve Smith!
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau)
That is as bizarre as it gets 😳
Legendary
Two guys with 75 Test hundreds between them.
— 7Cricket (@7Cricket)
Ricky Ponting chats with Steve Smith 🤝
Appreciate
Virat Kohli appreciating the Hundred of Steve Smith 🙇
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Need luck
To get Steve Smith out this is how you need to have luck.
— Yugal (@iamYugal18)
Unfortunate
Steve Smith out unfortunately
— RAJESH SHAH 🔱🇮🇳 (@rajchx)
Barely
Barely three weeks back, it seemed Steve Smith was a walking wicket who could get out to any ball bowled to him.
— Ambika (@apmahapatra)
Today, it looked like he could only get dismissed the way he eventually was dismissed:
By cruel lady luck
What a Cricketer ! What a knock!!
Well played
AN UNFORUNATE WAY TO GET OUT!!!!
— Niketh S Nair (@nair_niketh)
WELL PLAYED STEVE SMITH👏👏👏
Comical
Steve Smith gets himself out at 140 in most comical way possible 🤡
— Cricket Kraze (@cricketKraze11)
King
•Steve Smith scores in Tests before Gabba Test, after lords Test 2023:
— R🦅 (@141ovalclassic)
22, 2, 41, 17, 71, 54, 31, 45, 26, 50, 38, 4*, 12, 11*, 6, 91*, 31, 0, 11, 9, 0, 17, 2.
•After Gabba Test:
101, 4, 140"
Rohit successfully made Form out Smith to gain his form back !! 🔥👏🏻
V sad
Unfortunate dismissal for Steve Smith.
— Inside out (@INSIDDE_OUT)
May be that's the only way India could have get him out this morning.
Anyways advantage India finally.
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