Langer expects Paine to improve his batting and captaincy with every match he plays. Langer said:
As expected, Tim Paine’s journey at the helm was questioned tremendously when he became the first Australian captain to lose a Test series to India at home. His first series in-charge was a loss to Pakistan 1-0 in the United Arab Emirates.
With the return of Steve Smith and David Warner in the side, Australia retained the Ashes after drawing the series 2-2 in England where Tim Paine was lauded for his captaincy skills. But come March 2020, Steve Smith’s captaincy ban will end and it will be interesting to see who would take charge then, keeping in mind the importance of every Test match in the World Test Championship.
However, it’s still unclear whether Steve Smith would be willing to take up the extra burden of captaincy with an already saturated workload he currently is operating under. Smith scored 774 runs in the recently concluded Ashes series at an incredible average of 110.57.
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