Watch: Steve Smith pulls off stunning acrobatic save at the boundary in 2nd T20 against SA

South Africa were thoroughly beaten in the first T20 game and are currently in a do or die situation in the second T20i. South Africa have reached new lows and are currently in a downward spiral. They even lost their last series against England.

Meanwhile Australia are yet to be beaten in the shortest format this season. Australia were simply ruthless in the 1st T20I and defeated South Africa by a sound margin in a game which involved a piece of history where Ashton Agar took a hat trick.

Stunning Save by Steven Smith

In the ongoing second T20 match between South Africa and Australia, there was a stunning save by the superstar Steven Smith. The incident occurred in the second ball of the 6th over in the South African innings. It was the last over of power play and the proteas were cruising at 46 for no loss after 5 overs.

Then the Australian captain Aaron Finch handed over the ball to his premier spinner Adam Zampa. The second ball he bowled was a drag down which the South African newest captain De Kock pulled to deep backward square leg. He thought it was six for all money but little did he know that superman Steven Smith would pull out a stunning acrobatic save.

He flew across and dived full length to grab the ball mid air and threw it back into play to save a certain six.

Watch the incident here

Ludicrous fielding from Steve Smith pic.twitter.com/Ykepk6bNTv

— Mac – The Return (@MacTheReturn1) February 23, 2020

Not the first time

It is not the first time that Steve Smith is making such a jaw-dropping effort in the field. He has replicated such efforts long back in the Indian Premier League for his franchise team Pune warriors India then.

https://twitter.com/schmidtx_/status/1231564704775987205?s=19

It is evident from such acrobatic efforts that Steven Smith is not only a modern day legend with the bat but also one of the great fielders in the history of cricket.

https://youtu.be/R-c0VzbxCIs