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Sydney – banned Steve Smith and David Warner The Australians will not participate in any of the upcoming tests against India, but they are quietly relegated to the fold to help their bowlers fight Virat Kohli.
The duo, who were respectively national captain and vice captain, was suspended for 12 months from national and international cricket following the balloon falsification scandal in South Africa.
Despite a series of disastrous results, Cricket Australia Last week, they ruled out easing their bans after the Australian Cricketers & # 39; Association did the same.
But with Maestro Kohli at the bat and the dangerous opening pairs Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan waiting for Australia at the first test in Adelaide from December 6, they pledged to help prepare the team. Rhythm attack.
Warner was welcomed Sunday in the Sydney Cricket Ground net, facing Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins. The coach Justin Langer was carefully watching the position of the referee.
According to the Australian newspaper, he was also invited into the locker room before the defeat of the Twenty20 team in India on Sunday night, where a masterful Kohli crashed 61 to make sure his team leveled the 1- series. 1.
Mitchell Starc, the spearhead of his friend, said Smith was also invited to help the bowlers get ready this week.
"There are discussions with the bowlers, and then with the guys you play bowling with – it's a great opportunity to confront him with our preparation for the Tests," Starc told Sydney Morning Herald on Monday. .
"It will be great to play with him (Smith) in the nets, he is one of the best in the world, and even his thoughts on how we track will always be good for us."
Both Smith and Warner train with their New South Wales team while playing club cricket while they return to form and wait for the expiry of their ban.
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