Australia captain Steve Smith was lauded after he retracted his teammates’ run out attraction throughout AFG v AUS sport on the ongoing Champions Trophy 2025 on Friday.
Afghanistan and Australia are battling it out at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium for a spot within the semi-final.
Afghanistan opted to bat first within the sport, which has develop into a digital quarter-final for the 2 groups.
Sediqullah Atal and Azmatullah Omarzai scored fifties to assist Afghanistan submit 273 on the scoreboard of their third and closing group-stage sport of the Champions Trophy 2025.
The spotlight of the primary inning within the AFG v AUS sport grew to become Australia captain Steve Smith’s motion on the finish of the forty sixth over.
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All-rounder Azmatullah Omarzai performed a slower supply to the mid-wicket fielder for a single. Nevertheless, his associate Noor Ahmad was fast to go away the crease on the striker’s finish with out the over being known as.
Seeing Noor Ahmad leaving his crease early, wicketkeeper Inglis eliminated the bails and commenced interesting for a run out.
Nevertheless, Australia captain Steve Smith instantly intervened to retract the attraction from his workforce’s aspect.
The Australia captain obtained widespread acclaim from followers over his motion within the AFG v AUS sport.
“Smith doesn’t need to do something incorrect in his second stint as a captain. Smith informed the umpires that he doesn’t need to go forward with the attraction,” Sanjay Manjrekar stated on air.
Pertinent to notice right here that Steve Smith was named stand-in captain after Australia’s Check and ODI captain Pat Cummins was dominated out of the Champions Trophy 2025 attributable to an ankle damage.
Australia Champions Trophy 2025 squad:
Steve Smith (c), Sean Abbott, Alex Carey, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Aaron Hardie, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Spencer Johnson, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Tanveer Sangha, Matthew Quick, Adam Zampa.
Travelling reserve: Cooper Connolly.