Australian batsman Steve Smith called out former captain Ian Chappell for his outlandish comments on protecting tailenders from dangerous bouncers.

Chappell, regarded as one of the best batsmen of his era, talked about strengthening laws regarding the protection of lower-order batsmen in the light of a series of blows to head and concussion-related incidents. However, Smith doesn’t seem to agree with Chappell’s opinion.

Talking to ‘SEN Mornings’, Smith said, “It seems like Ian Chappell has an outlandish statement after every match at the moment. From my point of view, short balls are part of the game. We’ve seen over the years there’s been some really good battles and I don’t think it should be outlawed at all.”

He also said that he had no problems with tailenders being peppered by bouncers and said, “Yep, no dramas from me.”

The build-up to the Test series between India and Australia has seen its fair share of concussions and blows to head with Will Pucovski and Ravindra Jadeja missing matches after copping one on the noggin.

This led to Chappell saying that time was ripe for a worldwide review into on-field safety and strengthen laws regarding the protection of tailenders in facing short-pitched bowling while rejecting a complete ban.

The second Test match between Australia and India begins on December 26 at the MCG.

(PTI inputs)