"Smith landed awkwardly on his right shoulder whilst diving in the field during the fifth ODI against India last Sunday," the team doctor Richard Saw said in a statement. "Subsequently he has had an MRI scan which has excluded serious injury, but we believe the best course of action is for him to not continue to aggravate his shoulder and allow it to recover." Australia said all-rounder Marcus Stoinis will take Smith's place in the T20 squad for the three-match series and David Warner will captain the side. Smith, who made a significant impact during Australia's 2-1 Test loss against India in March, has struggled to match up his form in the limited-overs format.JUST IN: Steve Smith to return home early from India due to injury. Full story here: https://t.co/60V2GOQQX6 pic.twitter.com/t5ivjaoayA
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The star batsman scored 142 runs in the five ODIs with his team going down 4-1 to slip to third in the rankings behind South Africa and top-ranked India. Smith had voiced his batting concerns after the final ODI in Nagpur, saying the series has been "disappointing" as a leader. "To be honest, I wasn't feeling great at the start of the series, I wasn't holding the bat the way I liked to and I was having a few issues there that I was working on," Smith said last week. "But I think I've slowly found a nice tempo which I'm after. I would have loved to score a lot more runs. "I've got myself in on a few occasions and not gone on to get the big runs that I previously have been. From that aspect, as the leader of the team, it's been disappointing."Australia captain Steve Smith returns home from India after injury. Read here: https://t.co/imbG1e3H96 pic.twitter.com/WXnalfdY7m
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BREAKING: Australia captain Steve Smith leaves tour of India with shoulder injury and will miss three-match T20 series. #SSN pic.twitter.com/pcFIxodhPJ
— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) October 7, 2017