The Australia captain Steve Smith on Wednesday while Speaking on the eve of the second match to be played at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata stated on the comments by the former skipper Michael Clarke.

Smith said, "I don't think I'm in a bad place with my captaincy." "Obviously, results haven't been the way we would have liked for a little while and something that we are trying to rectify, but, you know, guys are working harder to get in out in the middle and ensuring that we are getting the job done out there."

"Obviously it has been a disappointing start to the series the other day, but, you know, we have got another game tomorrow to try and turn things around," he added.

The 28 year old further said that "We have got Starc (Mitchell Starc), Hazlewood (Josh Hazlewood) and Finch (Aaron Finch) as well, so two of the top bowlers, but I have told the guys that opened the other day, Coulter (Nathan Coulter Nile) and Cummins (Pat Cummins) were exceptional up top and it's a good opportunity for the guys to put their hand on,"

"We still believe in these guys, we think they've got a lot of talent and we have got to think that they can hopefully challenge India in the next couple of games," he added.

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