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Australian veteran Steve Smith has blown the cricket world away with another stunning catch during the One Day International against Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka won the toss and batted in the first game of a two-match one-day series at Colombo’s Premadasa Stadium.
Steve Smith stuns cricket world with brilliant catch. And a severely weakened Australian team had the hosts on the back foot early until an inspired century from Sri Lankan captain Charith Asalanka. But during the fight back, there was some brilliance from the stand-in Aussie skipper in Smith, who once again has cricket fans in awe. Sri Lanka dipped to 5/55 in the 14th over, but Asalanka was on a mission to bring his team back in the contest.
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