Originally posted by: SlatePencil
Pat is a good guy but his captaincy is not that great especially in India. While Smith led Australia to win one test in Border Gavaskar trophy
Culturally they have come to value tests (and maybe T20s) waaay more than ODIs. Even if Pat's numbers are not that great in ODIs, he is still a generational player, and they don't have anyone adequate to replace him in their first class circuit. Changing the captain mid tournament would be so demoralising and it'd very very bad PR for Smith to begin with.



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