India's poor start to the two-month long Australia tour hasn't been one to remember and one man that has been responsible for it is Steve Smith.
Smith, who averaged 60 in ODIs against India before this series, has not just improved his average against the men in blue in these two ODIs, but has also increased his century count.
He hit 105 (66) and 104 (64) in the two games, and was a big reason why Australia could manage 374 and 389 run-totals.
Indian bowlers, on the other hand, have looked clueless against a rampaging Smith, who keeps piling on runs against them in all the formats.
Former Australian spinner Brad Hogg has cricticised the strategy of Indian bowlers, saying that if they don't find a way to get him out cheaply in limited-overs, he could prove to be a big headache for them in the tests, where he averages 84 against them.
Speaking in a video on his youtube channel, Hogg expressed his surprise asking why the Indians haven't targeted Smith's specific weakness, against bouncers.
“The big issue for me for India was when Steve Smith came out, they didn’t attempt to bounce him out at any stage. They bowled on a good length or a little fuller. I can’t understand that, because Steve Smith’s weakness is with the short-ball.
“Steve Smith walks around, he was both legs planted and he is a little chest-on. So he can’t duck and leave and has to play the pull shot. You could have set the entire tour up by having Steve Smith on the back foot,” Hogg added.
Hogg suggested a similar strategy for the big-hitting Glenn Maxwell as well, who has played two quickfire innings to further increase India's misery.
"And again Glenn Maxwell, just bowling full yorkers to him so that he can play those reverse sweeps. He is a player that you should bowl the short ball to and they didn’t do it enough,” Hogg said.
While, Australia will look to clean sweep the ODI series against India, the men in blue would want to avoid the same in the third and final ODI at Manuka Oval, in Canberra on Wednesday.