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PSL 2026: Didn’t get place in T20 World Cup, Steve Smith will play in PSL, had grossly insulted Babar

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Steve Smith will play in PSL 2026 New Delhi: Australia’s star batsman Steve Smith has been out of the T20 International team for a long time. Despite his explosive batting in the Big Bash League, he did not get a place in Australia’s T20 World Cup team. Even in the IPL auction, no franchise showed…

Ronit Sharma

By Ronit Sharma
Feb 03, 2026, 7:40 PM IST

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PSL 2026: Didn’t get place in T20 World Cup, Steve Smith will play in PSL, had grossly insulted Babar

Steve Smith will play in PSL 2026
New Delhi: Australia’s star batsman Steve Smith has been out of the T20 International team for a long time. Despite his explosive batting in the Big Bash League, he did not get a place in Australia’s T20 World Cup team. Even in the IPL auction, no franchise showed interest in buying Smith. Now 36 year old Steve Smith will be seen playing in Pakistan Super League 2026.

Steve Smith becomes part of Sialkot team

pakistan super league Two new teams have been added this season. One team in it is Sialkot Stallions. It has added Steve Smith as its marquee player. Former Australian captain and wicketkeeper batsman Tim Paine is the head coach of this team. Steve Smith has not played any match in PSL yet. He was scheduled to play in the 2019 season but was ruled out of the tournament due to injury.

Babar was refused to take single

steve smith in big bash sydney sixers Were part of. Babar Azam was also in the same team. After the Ashes series ended, Steve came to play in the Big Bash. Babar Azam was batting slowly in a league match. After playing several dot balls, Babar tried to take a single by playing the last ball of the over at long on. Smith had sent him back. Smith hit four sixes in the next over. Babar soon became bold and after this he looked very angry.

Steve Smith’s T20 career

Steve Smith played his first T20 match in 2008. So far he has played 272 matches in this format. In this, Smith has 6242 runs in his name at an average of 32.68 and strike rate of 131.38. Apart from scoring 5 centuries, he has also scored 30 fifties. He has scored four of his centuries in BBL and one in IPL. Smith last played in the IPL in the 2021 season.