<p class="bodytext">Top Australian batsman Steve Smith has revealed that he suffered a "bad dose of vertigo" ahead of the second one-dayer against India and was not sure of playing the game in which he struck a series-clinching hundred.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Smith's quick-fire 62-ball-100 propelled Australia to a mammoth 389 for four in the second ODI, which they defended easily to secure a decisive 2-0 lead in the ODI series on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, the former skipper said he "didn't look great there for a while".</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I didn't know I was playing today. I had a really bad dose of vertigo this morning and I was struggling until ... I came down early to have a hit and a bit of a run around," Smith told cricket.com.au after receiving his second successive Man of the match award.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Smith said it was team doctor Leigh Golding, who relieved him of the symptoms by performing Epley manoeuvre which involves a series of head movements used to treat benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), a condition caused by a problem in the inner ear.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The doctor, I think he performed six Epley manoeuvres on me this morning and got the crystals out of my ears and I was struggling for a bit," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Just pleased to be able to get out here and play another good innings and help the team."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Smith, who had scored 105 off 66 balls in the first ODI, shared a 138-run partnership with Marnus Labuschagne before Glenn Maxwell smashed an unbeaten 63 off 29 balls to take Australia to a formidable total.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Smith also took a superb catch to dismiss Shreyas Iyer during Indian innings on Sunday.</p>
<p class="bodytext">Top Australian batsman Steve Smith has revealed that he suffered a "bad dose of vertigo" ahead of the second one-dayer against India and was not sure of playing the game in which he struck a series-clinching hundred.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Smith's quick-fire 62-ball-100 propelled Australia to a mammoth 389 for four in the second ODI, which they defended easily to secure a decisive 2-0 lead in the ODI series on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, the former skipper said he "didn't look great there for a while".</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I didn't know I was playing today. I had a really bad dose of vertigo this morning and I was struggling until ... I came down early to have a hit and a bit of a run around," Smith told cricket.com.au after receiving his second successive Man of the match award.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Smith said it was team doctor Leigh Golding, who relieved him of the symptoms by performing Epley manoeuvre which involves a series of head movements used to treat benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), a condition caused by a problem in the inner ear.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The doctor, I think he performed six Epley manoeuvres on me this morning and got the crystals out of my ears and I was struggling for a bit," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Just pleased to be able to get out here and play another good innings and help the team."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Smith, who had scored 105 off 66 balls in the first ODI, shared a 138-run partnership with Marnus Labuschagne before Glenn Maxwell smashed an unbeaten 63 off 29 balls to take Australia to a formidable total.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Smith also took a superb catch to dismiss Shreyas Iyer during Indian innings on Sunday.</p>