Steve Smith vs Ravichandran Ashwin is one of the best batter vs spinner rivalries in cricket. This is a battle between the best and both of them try to outdo the other whenever they play. Steve Smith has developed into such a brilliant batter who can play anywhere and against anyone. Ravichandran Ashwin is the best off spinner In the world. This battle has still a few chapters left but the history is rich. The battles in Test Cricket will be remembered forever.
Steve Smith
Steve Smith still has a few years left to play In international cricket. He has been the best Test batter in the world. He has so far played in 109 Test Matches. He has an amazing average of 57 in Test Cricket. He has scored 9685 runs and he has hit 32 Test Hundreds as well as 4 Double Hundreds in Test Cricket. He is only 34 and he has at least 25 Test Matches left in him which means he will cross the 11,000 run mark soon. He has also played in 158 ODIs for Australia. He has made 5446 at an average of 44 with 12 hundreds in ODI Cricket. He has made a total of 16000+ international runs which includes 1000+ runs in T20Is.
Ravichandran Ashwin
Ravichandran Ashwin is the best all format off spinner in the world. He has won so many matches for India. He has played 100 Test Matches for India. He has taken 516 Wickets In Test Cricket at a very good average of 23.65. He has taken 36 Five Wicket Hauls and 8 times he has taken 10 wickets in a Test Match. He has also taken 156 Wickets in 116 ODIs for India and 72 T20I Wickets in 65 Matches. Ravichandran Ashwin has taken a total of 744 international wickets till now. He also has a year or two especially in Test Cricket left so he can reach the 600 Wickets mark in Test Cricket. Take a look here at Best bowling Performances of Ravichandran Ashwin in Test Cricket
Head to Head
Ravichandran Ashwin has bowled 765 balls to Steven Smith in Test Cricket which means more than 127 overs of bowling. Steven Smith has made 434 runs against him and has been dismissed 8 Times in Test Cricket.
In ODI Cricket out of the 98 balls Ashwin has bowled to Smith, He scored 97 runs.
Memorable Encounters
During the 2017 series, Steve Smith made a brilliant 111 in the 4th Test Match against Ashwin and the other bowlers but at the end it was Ravichandran Ashwin who got the wicket. This was a great contest.
In 2020 during the 1st Test in Adelaide, Ravichandran Ashwin got Steve Smith out for just 1 run.
In the second test, Steven Smith was again dismissed by Ravichandran Ashwin for 0. This was a bad series for Smith against Ashwin.
During the 3rd Test Match of the series it was Steven Smith who got 131 not out and Ashwin was not able to get him out.
