Tasic Australian batsman Steve Smith has made an honest revelation that it will not be an easy task for him to return to Australia’s squad for La 2028 Olympics, but still, he desires to stop and fight, as experienced star has expressed a desire to play multi-tim events for Australia.
Los Angeles Olympic Games will witness the return of cricket game at multi-sport event after a long gap of 128 years. It was last played back in 1900, when the Great Britain was a gold medalist.
Since the announcement of The Return of the Game of Cricket’s return to the Olympics, a player who has taken care of the event is Steve Smith.
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Steve Smith admitted that he would fight for his place in La 2028 Olympics
In February, after the ICC Champions Trophy exiting Australia from the semi -finals, Steve Smith declared his retirement from ODI, but expressed his desire to continue in the smallest format with the hope of playing in the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
Recently, the batsman has agreed that breakdown in the T20I squad for the LA 2028 Olympics will not be an easy case, but will be very difficult. However, despite all obstacles, Smith focuses on not going down without a fight to seal a place.
Smith, who will be 39 years old at the time of Olympics, craves for the opportunity to compete for one of the three places in the podium. However, he last played a T20I match for Australia in February 2024 against New Zealand.
“I mean, I have a goal to try and try to try that Olympic team in 28. I think, the team is doing very well at this time, the Australian T20 team. So it is going to be difficult to reach there, but you know, just got to put forward their best legs, and we will never know,” Smith will never find out.
Smith revealed her ambition in the Olympics
“Yes, I mean, I have seen a lot of Olympics because I was a young child and was really enjoying the Australian athletes to see it. So, you know, when I heard that cricket was going to be a part of it, I would really be good to join it,” Smith explained the reason behind his stimulation about the Olympic participation.
During his brilliant international career, Steve Smith has been part of the largest cricket rivals such as ICC World Cup, ICC T20 World Cup, Champions Trophy, World Test Championship Final and Border-Gavaskar Trophy and Ashes. However, the idea of being part of something known on the world stage stimulates him.
“So, you know, I have played clearly, you know, a lot of World Cups and Uh Border Gavaskar Trophy and such things, but Um yes, when it was pop up, it was something new and another opportunity, you know, represent your country on a world stage, it is a reasonable way, but we say it is a reasonable way, yes, but we also say.
Steve Smith announced his retirement from Odis
After Australia’s defeat against India in the semi -finals of the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy, Steve Smith, assigned the captaincy in the competition, announced his retirement from the 50 -over format.
The famous Australian cricketer has played 170 ODI matches for Australians since its debut in 2010, as he went down with 5800 runs in experienced international cricket and 12 hundreds of runs in the format. He was part of Australia’s 2 World Cup winning teams in 2015 and 2023.
He has also scored 1094 T20I runs in 67 matches and won the 2021 ICC T20 World Cup and ICC World Test Championship in 2023.
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