Banned Australian cricketers David Warner and Steve Smith made a low-scoring debut in the Bangladesh Premier League on Sunday, amassing just 30 runs between them as newly-minted skippers in the Twenty20 league. Their debut as foreign stars in the lucrative T20 franchise came as Australia’s Test cricketers in Sydney stared down defeat against a ruthless India. ALSO READ: India vs Australia: Tim Paine wants public to give Steve Smith and David Warner another chanceWarner ran for a single after his partner Towhid Hridoy pushed Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik towards square leg. The third umpire declared Warner out but replays indicated the Australian reached the striking end before his partner ground his bat back to the crease. “It is great to see both of us out here leading the teams,” Warner said of Smith after the match.

Source: Hindustan Times January 06, 2019 14:15 UTC