Born on June 2, 1989 in Sydney, Australia, Steven Peter Devereux Smith is an Australian cricketer. Although, he was initially selected for Australia as an all-rounder who could bowl right-arm leg spin, Smith now plays primarily as a batsman. He is currently ranked as the number 1 Test batsman in the world. Smith made his First Class debut against Western Australia at the SCG on January 24, 2008. Smith made his International debut in a T20 International match against Pakistan at Melbbourne in February 2010. The same month, he made his one-day international debut against the West Indies also at Mel, playing in the fifth match of the series. He made his Test debut at Lords in July 2010, playing both Tests against Pakistan in Test Series in England. On D3ecember 15, 2014, Smith was named Australia’s new vicer captain and following an inquiry to Michael Clarke, he was appointed stand-in skipper against India with Brad Haddin as his deputy. On December 26, Smith scored his 1000th run in the 2014 calendar year. Smith made his domestic T20 cricket debut for New South Wales in a match against South Australia at Adelaide on January 1, 2008 during the six team KFC Big Bash competition. Smith was recruited to play for Pune Warriors team captained by Sourav Ganguly in 2012 IPL Season. Smith was first bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore for the 2010 IPL as a replacement for Jesse Ryder. In the auction for IPL 2014, Smith was bought by Rajasthan Royals for Rs 40 million. He emerged as the leading run scorer in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2014-15.
Identify the Player:
Write a brief description about him in 250 words.
Questions of this week:
1. By which margin India lost the 2nd T20 International against Zimbabwe in the recent series?
2. For which team Shreyas Iyer played in IPL-8?
3. Which team emerged runners-up in the PPCPL-2015 held at Srinagar recently?
4. Who took 5 wickets for Inda-A team against Australia-A at Chennai recently?
5. Who is Sports Minister of India?
Answers of the last week:
1. 54 runs 2. RCB 3. BCC Bulls 4. Steven Smith 5. Moulvi Imran Raza Ansari.
The best entry of this week was received from Priyanka Trisal, H-No 388 Shastri Nagar, Jammu.
The other entries of the week were from Ashutosh Raina, Block-16, Flat-15, Jagti, Jammu; Sanjay Dhar, Lane No 1, H No-3, Upper Laxmi Nagar, Sarwal Jammu; Parveen Singh, Nanak Nagar, Jammu; Ravi Dogra, Krishna Nagar, Jammu and Sandeep Sharma, Talab Tiloo, Jammu.
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