jaipur the forced lockdown due to covid19 has offered new learnings to everyone and steve smith is no exception from finding ways to engage with fans on social media by offering batting tips buying fresh produce from local markets in sydney to trying his hand at cooking smith has done it all he also didnt forget to show off his immaculate swing at a nearby golf club on his instagram accountwith the indian premier league set to be staged in dubai albeit inside a biosecure bubble beginning september 19 this long inactivity does bother the worlds best batsman who also doubles up as the skipper for rajasthan royalsyeah it has been challenging a lot of players havent played any cricket from that point of view its sort of an even contest everyones going in there dubai with the same sort of preparation which is nice guys are trying to get their cricket back riyan parag was telling me that he was hitting a ball in his backyard people were trying to play their cricket in any way they can it certainly will get very exciting when ipl rolls for sure smith told reporters via video conferencing during the launch of rajasthan royals behindthescenes documentary inside storyasked how the new south welshman would be approaching the t20 league smith said part of being a professional cricketer is to adapt to any condition you are faced with and that is going to be the clear message from me and the coaching staff conditions in dubai can be similar to what you get in india or it can be different its about adapting on the run to what the condition suits couple of players have experience of playing there before the ipl was there in 2014 so a lot of people have played there before i think guys will be just jumping out of their skins to play some quality cricket obviously its disappointing that its not in india we would have absolutely loved to play therebut before the tournament is staged in dubai the australian will be travelling to england to play three oneday internationals and possibly an equal number of twenty20 internationals though the schedule is yet to be made official this opportunity will also help smith compete against his royals teammates some of whom have been in top form of late ben stokes and jofra archerit will be great to be back playing some cricket since february like most of the world we also had to shut down and find a way out through this covid19 experience which has been incredibly different for everyone it will be great to be able to play some cricket some good competitive cricket against a quality england outfit hope a few of my royals teammates there stokes archer jos buttler dont score too many runs or take too many wickets they can save that for the ipl smith saidwhile smith boasts of 7227 runs 6284 in tests and 4162 runs