During the Ashes series, England had to face the stubborn and brute force of Smith's batting, who guided the Aussies to a thrilling series winner.
Star England allrounder Ben Stokes has showered praises over the current number one Test batsman in the world Steve Smith by labelling the Australian as a "genius".
During the Ashes series, England had to face the stubborn and brute force of Smith's batting, who guided the Aussies to a thrilling series winner.
Smith smashed more than 700 runs in the five-match series and helped Australia to keep the Ashes urn.
"He's (Smith) still strange to play against and he's still strange to play with, and the best thing about it is that he admits it. He knows it, he knows it. But I feel to be a genius you have to be a bit strange and you know he's certainly both," Stokes told New Zealand spinner Ish Sodhi said during a Rajasthan Royals' podcast program.
"Even though he plays for Australia, you have just got to hold your hands up sometimes to players like that and go yeah you are on a different level when it comes to batting," he added.
Stokes also spoke on the topic of how being unorthodox works highly for Smith and the Australian plays it to his advantage.
"I could never be like that, personally, I could not think about cricket in the way that he does when it comes to batting," he said.
"You know obviously he's on all the time but that's why he averages sixty whatever he does in Test cricket but that's not for me but it's for him, who's to say whose right or wrong," he added.
Both Stokes and Smith are a key part of the Rajasthan Royals side for the 13th season of IPL, which BCCI decided to suspend until further notice, as a precautionary measure against the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation in India.
The opening match of this year's IPL was supposed to be played between the most successful teams of IPL - defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) - at the iconic Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on March 29.
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
 "Steve Smith, Ben Stokes,")
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
)
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
)
)
)
)
)
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}
){kind=small}