“We normally have two tour games over in England. This time we don’t have a tour game in India,” Smith said at the Sydney airport before the team’s departure for India. “The last time we went [to India], I’m pretty sure we got served up a green top [in the tour game], and it was sort of irrelevant.
“Hopefully, we get really good training facilities where the ball is likely to do what it’s likely to do out in the middle, and we can get our practice in.”
In the Test series, Smith went on to score 499 runs – the most from either side – including three centuries, but India came from behind to win the series 2-1.
“We’ll wait and see when we hit the ground. I think we’ve made the right decision to not play a tour match,” Smith said. “We’re better off having our own nets and getting spinners in and bowling as much as they can.”
