Australian cricketer Steve Smith is gearing up to lead Rajasthan Royals as captain for the upcoming IPL 2020 edition in UAE. When he's not impressing us on the field, Smith loves to chill with wife Dani Willis at different vacation spots in the world. We take a look at some of the couple's vacation pictures on social media that spell 'romance'. (Pictures Courtesy/ Steve Smith Instagram and Dani Willis Instagram)
Updated On: 2019-08-02 11:40 AM IST
Steve Smith made his IPL debut at the 2012 IPL edition with Pune Warriors India.
Steve Smith posted this picture with wife Dani Willis in Sardinia
IN 2012, Steve Smith played 15 matches and scored 362 runs at an average of 40.22 and strike rate of 135.58. His top score was an unbeaten 47.
Steve Smith's wife Dani Willis posted this picture of herself with the cricketer at Times Square on New Year's Eve years ago.
In IPL 2013, Steve Smith only played 7 matches and scored 41 runs averaging at 39.75 and strike rate of 120.45.
At the IPL 2014, Steve Smith, he was signed by Rajasthan Royals and played 10 matches scoring just 147 runs in total at an average of 36.75.
Steve Smith's wife Dani Willis posted this picture of herself with the cricketer at Cape Town, South Africa.
In 2015, Steve Smith was handed over the captaincy for Rajasthan Royals and played 14 matches scoring 293 runs at an average of 26.63 and strike rate of 132.57. His top score was 79*.
In picture: Steve Smith and Dani Willis at the Australian Open with Roger Federer.
Ahead of the 2016 IPL, Steve Smith was purchased by new IPL team, Rising Pune Supergiant. In what was an injury plagued IPL season for Smith, he scored 270 runs in the 8 matches played and also scored his one and only IPL century - 101.
The following year at IPL 2017, Steve Smith replaced MS Dhoni as Rising Pune Supergiant captain. With a total of 472 runs, Smith was the highest run scorer for Pune at an average of 39.33 and strike rate of 121.96. He scored 3 fifties, including one in the finals which Pune lost by just 1 run.
In 2018, Steve Smith was named captain of the Rajasthan Royals IPL team. However, following a ball tampering scandal, while playing for the Australian cricket team, he received a ban along with teammate David Warner and both could not participate in the IP L2018 edition.
The following year Steve Smith returned to the Rajasthan Royals outfit at IPL 2019 and played 12 matches scoring 319 runs averaging at 39.87 and strike rate of 116.00. He scored 3 fifties with a top score of 73*.
Steve Smith has played a total of 81 IPL matches and scored 2022 runs at an average of 37.44 and strike rate of 128.95 with 1 century and 8 fifties under his belt.
Steve Smith is regarded as one of the all-time greats in Test cricket and is one of the top two Test batsmen in the world along-with Virat Kohli.
In picture: Steve Smith and wife Dani Willis chilling in Malibu
In his Test career, Steve Smith played 73 matches and scored 7,227 runs at a very impressive average of 62.84. Smith has 16 test centuries and 29 fifties. His top score is 239.
In picture: Steve Smith and wife Dani Willis on a date night at a rooftop cinema in New York
Steve Smith has played 125 ODIs scoring 4,162 runs at a batting average of 42.46 with 9 hundreds and 25 fifties. His best score in ODIs is 164.
Steve Smith's wife Dani Willis posted this picture of herself with the cricketer and captioned it as, "Cafe de Paris afternoon treat"
Steve Smith's wife Dani Willis posted this picture of herself with the cricketer and captioned it as, "I've had a great time in India but now it's time to head home! Going to miss this guy @steve_smith49"
