Steve Smith Joins PSL's Sialkot Stallions After T20 World Cup, IPL Snub

• Veteran Australian batsman Steve Smith will play in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) for the first time, joining the new team Sialkot Stallions.
• Smith's move to PSL comes after he was not selected for Australia's T20 World Cup squad and went unsold in the IPL 2025 mini-auction.
• He was signed directly by Sialkot Stallions under a new PSL rule allowing franchises to sign one player outside the draft.
• Despite a stellar performance in the Big Bash League (BBL 2025-26) for Sydney Sixers, scoring 299 runs in 6 matches with a strike rate of 167.97, Smith missed out on national T20 selection.
• The article also references a past incident where Smith reportedly 'insulted' Babar Azam during a BBL match by refusing a single.

Why It Matters: Steve Smith, overlooked for T20 World Cup and IPL, will now debut in the PSL with Sialkot Stallions.