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Steve Smith to Make Pakistan Super League Debut
Smith joins PSL's Sialkot Stallionz under coach Tim Paine after missing Australia’s T20 World Cup squad; he scored 299 runs in Big Bash League, says selectors.
- On Tuesday, Sialkot Stallionz announced Australian veteran Steve Smith as a marquee signing set to make his Pakistan Super League debut after missing the 2019 season due to injury.
- After being left out, Australia selector Tony Dodemaide said Smith remains a replacement option, and this has been communicated to him despite calls for his inclusion.
- Notably, Smith scored 299 runs in six innings with a century and two half-centuries at a 167.97 strike rate and has 1094 T20I runs in 67 matches.
- The move positions Smith to reunite with Tim Paine, Sialkot Stallionz head coach, and aims to help his bid to return to Australia's T20 side and keep his Olympics hopes alive.
- Under a new rule and ahead of the February 11 full PSL auction, franchises could directly sign one player, and the PSL runs March 26–May 3, overlapping the Indian Premier League; David Warner will likely enter the auction.
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