In all three ODI series played between India and Australia, Australia won 2-1. In this series, Steve Smith appeared as captain in the absence of Pat Cummins. Australia scored a resounding victory under Smith’s captaincy. After winning the series, Ashwin praised Smith fiercely. Australia appeared in excellent form under Smith’s captaincy. Australia won the series by 21 runs in the third match.
Ashwin praised Smith’s captaincy in a tweet. He tweeted, writing: “Steve Smith and the captaincy are a match made in heaven.” Ashwin tweeted this after the third ODI. In the third match, the Indian team lost the match chasing 270 runs. Australian spinner Adam Zampa took four wickets in this match. He made Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja his victims. Zampa took 4 wickets to his name after expending 45 runs in 10 overs. He was awarded ‘Man of the Match’ for this performance.
Steve Smith and the captaincy is a match made in heaven.#INDVAU
—Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99) March 22, 2023
Australian batsman Mitchell Marsh appeared in excellent form in this series. He scored 194 runs in 3 matches at an average of 97. He scored 2 highest half centuries. In the first match, he scored an innings of 81 runs on 65 balls aided by 10 fours and 5 sixes.
In the second game, once again Mitchell Marsh played a brilliant tackle for the team. In this match, he played a breakneck innings of 66 runs on 36 balls aided by 6 fours and 6 sixes. In this match, he was also awarded the title of ‘Man of the Match’. At the same time, in the last match of the series, Marsh scored 47 runs off 47 balls with the help of 8 fours and 1 sixes. He was awarded the title of ‘Player of the Series’ for the brilliant performance of him in the series.
