In a chat with cricket.com, Australia Test and ODI captain, Steve Smith said that he tries to learn batting styles by copying other batsmen. He accepted, “A little bit of Virat [Kohli] the way he plays spin, his hands and the way he hits the ball through the offside. Probably learnt a little bit out of that. I just try and learn. These guys are best players in the world for a reason. You try and get whatever you can out of them.” The player also admitted to copying techniques from AB de Villiers and Kane Williamson.