Smith stepped aside from the captaincy of Rajasthan...

Cameron Bancroft tried to deflect ball on the third day of the Cape Town Test. He took Steve Smith, the leader of that responsibility team, at the press conference that day. It's been a storm for two days on the Australia team. Smith had to step aside from captaincy on the fourth day of the match. Not only the national team, but the franchise has come to the fray. Smith has not agreed to take over the captaincy of Rajasthan Royals this year.

It was known that such an announcement could come. Yesterday, Rajasthan Royals said they will accept the Board's decision on the franchise's captaincy. Today the franchisee has officially decided to step aside Smith. An official of Zubin Barucha said, "Cape Town incident has given the world a big push. We have regularly communicated with the BCCI and have heard their suggestions. We've also discussed regularly with Smith. Rajasthan have been left out of the captaincy due to the preparation of the Rajasthan Royals in the upcoming IPL, and if the team can do well, then Steve has stepped away from the captaincy. "Instead of Smith, Ajantha Rahane is in charge of the team, Rajasthan.

Rajasthan returned to IPL after two years. The team was banned for the past two years on spot-fixing and match-fixing allegations. Smith has played in the team for the last two years. So this year, the team has not lost the chance to buy him. After buying the auction, the party gave him the responsibility of the party. But the decision was to change before the tournament started.