Smith’s quick 62-ball-100 propelled Australia to a mammoth 389-four in the second ODI, which they easily defended to secure a decisive 2-0 lead in the ODI series on Sunday.
However, the former captain said he “didn’t look very good there for a while.”
“I didn’t know I was playing today. I had a really bad dose of vertigo this morning and I was struggling until … I came in early to hit and run a little,” Smith told the cricket. com.au after receiving his second consecutive Man of the Match award.
Smith said it was the team’s physician, Leigh Golding, who relieved him of symptoms by performing an Epley maneuver that involves a series of head movements used to treat benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), a condition caused by a inner ear problem.
“The doctor, I think he performed six Epley maneuvers on me this morning and took the crystals out of my ears and I was struggling a bit,” he said.
“I’m happy to be able to get out here and play another good inning and help the team.”
Smith, who had scored 105 of 66 balls in the first ODI, shared a 138-run association with Marnus Labuschagne prior to Glenn maxwell broke an undefeated 63 of 29 balls to lead Australia to a formidable total.
Smith also took an excellent catch to discard Shreyas Iyer during the Indian entries on Sunday.
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