His fast pace takes advantage of the bowling and batting order, West Indies all rounder Odeon Smith Expecting a handsome deal from one of the franchises during the upcoming IPL mega auction. In the highest bracket of Rs 2 crore for the IPL mega auction to be held on February 12 and 13 in Bengaluru, Smith is expected to spark a bidding war between the franchises. Talking to virtual media after the second ODI in Ahmedabad, the 28-year-old said, “Very excited to go to the auction, I would say. If I get selected, it will be good. The expectations of my selection are very high. “
Smith said he looks up to fellow Jamaican all-rounder Andre Russell, who has been a huge hit for two-time IPL champions Kolkata Knight Riders.
“I’m really impressed with Andre Russell, I would say. He plays a similar kind of cricket with both batting style and bowling. Watching him over the years, I’ve picked up on something in terms of his batting.” Smith showed a spark with his bowling when he dismissed Rishabh Pant and Virat Kohli in an over as India set a modest target of 238 runs. In reply, the visiting team was bundled out for 193 in the 46th over, with Smith scoring 24 off 20 balls. batting at number nine
Smith was expected to bring consistency in his ODIs.
“It’s about consistency. Generally international cricket is not easy. In T20 you have only four overs (to bowl), here you have to bowl 10 overs, so you have to be fit and Have to be persistent.” Smith, who was a member of the Under-19 World Cup-winning squad in 2016, impressed as an all-rounder in the loss as India won the second ODI here by 44 runs to take an unassailable 2-0 lead with a match .
At the midway stage, Windies had sealed their chances of chasing 238 runs to just 193 runs to win the series.
It was India’s 11th consecutive bilateral ODI series win against the West Indies and Rohit Sharma’s first win as full-time ODI captain.
“The top-order batsmen didn’t get enough runs, didn’t spend enough time on the wicket. It was a difficult wicket and as we saw with the Indian innings, two guys (Suryakumar Yadav and KL Rahul) lasted a long time. I think That made all the difference because we didn’t spend enough time in between.”
West Indies needed only 48 runs in the last six overs but Smith was dismissed for 24 runs in 20 balls in the 45th over and in the end it proved to be too much for the last pair.
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“I have a lot of work to do in both the departments ahead. I have a lot more work to do with my batting. The work was not that difficult, I should have chased with two good overs, so I have a lot of work to do.
“It was my fifth ODI, so I have a lot of time to continue learning,” he concluded. PTI TAP ATK ATK
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