'Ashes merchant ka kat gaya' - Fans react hilariously on Steve Smith's 'BGT win would be bigger than Ashes' remarks

India and Australia are all set to lock horns with each other in the first of the four-match Test series. Both teams will play the first Test at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur on Thursday, the 9^th of February. Meanwhile, former Australian skipper and batting superstar Steve Smith has come up with a statement regarding the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India.

"If we can win a series in India, that will be bigger than the Ashes series,” said Steve Smith in a recent statement.

Although the Indian cricket fans being Indian cricket fans as always took it as an opportunity to troll the 33-year-old. They took to Twitter to come up with some hilarious and interesting tweets trolling the New South Wales veteran batter.

Here’s how fans reacted:

Ashes merchant ka kat gaya 🤣🤣🤣

— Ayaan 🖤♠️♠️🖤 (@ayaan220203) February 6, 2023

Last time Australia won a test series in India, Steve Smith was in school.

— Rafay (@theslipscordon) February 6, 2023

Good for publicity in India.

— Aniruddha (@janiruddha12) February 6, 2023

Unlike previous series where India always had an upper hand before the start of the test series, this time Aussies will be at par.

They ll be a force to be stopped at home.

India have a task cut out on hand.

— Karthik (@mgr_karthik) February 6, 2023

Meanwhile Smith in India pic.twitter.com/AUgJ0J2BET

— Shivam arora (@me_mehul02) February 6, 2023

Unfortunately this will not happen sandpaper man

— sonu jagga (@sonujagga1995) February 6, 2023

Damn! @TheBarmyArmy better not see this statement. How will they hide then.

— Rahul Sharma (@CricFnatic) February 6, 2023

Here’s a look at both squads for Border-Gavaskar Trophy:

India

Rohit Sharma Captain, KL Rahul Vice Captain, KS Bharat Wicketkeeper, Ishan Kishan Wicketkeeper, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Pujara, Shreyas Iyer, Kuldeep Yadav, R Ashwin, Akshat Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohd Shami, Umesh Yadav , Suryakumar Yadav,Jaydev Unadkat ,Mohd Siraj.

Australia

Pat Cummins Captain Ashton, Iger Cameron, Green Alex, Carey Josh, Hazlewood Usman Khawaja, Marnas Lavsachne , Matthew Ranshaw ,Steve Smith, David Warner ,Mitchell Swepson, Mitchell Starc ,Los Maris ,Nathan Lyon ,Escort Boland, Peter Handscomb.

Schedule of India vs Australia Border-Gavaskar Trophy:

First Test – Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, Thursday, 9^th-13^th February.

Second Test – Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi, Friday, 17^th-21^st February.

Third Test – HPCA Stadium, Dharmshala, Wednesday, 1^st-5^th March.

Fourth Test – Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, Thursday, 9^th-13^th March.