Rohit Sharma, AB de Villiers and Steve Smith
Steve Smith Test Century: Australia’s batsman Steve Smith is running in a spectacular form and a lot of runs are leaving from his bat. The Australian team is currently on a tour of Sri Lanka and is playing the second Test match there. In this match, Australia lost the first three wickets for just 91 runs. After this, Smith and Alex Carrie have taken the team out of crisis with excellent batting. As soon as he scored a century, Smith has put a record of records and has made a big record.
AB de Villiers left behind
Steve Smith is still at the crease scoring 120 runs. In his innings, he has hit 9 fours and a six. This 48th century of his international career is a century. With this, he has equaled Rahul Dravid and Rohit Sharma of India. Both these players also scored a total of 48-48 centuries in international cricket. At the same time, Smith has left South Africa’s batsman AB de Villiers. A total of 47 centuries are recorded in international cricket in his name.
Joe root was equal
On the other hand, Steve Smith has scored the 36th century of his career in Test cricket. With this, he has equaled Joe Root of England and Rahul Dravid of India. These players also scored 36-36 centuries in Test cricket. Smith has now jointly reached number five in terms of scoring the most centuries in Test cricket.
Batsman who scored the highest century in Test cricket:
- Sachin Tendulkar- 51
- Jack Callis- 45
- Ricky Ponting- 41
- Kumar Sangakkara- 38
- Steve Smith-36
- Joe Root-36
- Rahul Dravid- 36
Over 10000 runs in Test cricket
Steve Smith also scored a century in the first Test match against Sri Lanka. He is also handling the captaincy of the Australian team due to the injury of Pat Cummins. He has scored the 17th century of his Test career as captain. This is his 7th Test century in Asia. Smith specializes in batting well and plays spinners well. Once he stays at the crease, it becomes difficult to stop him. He has scored 10260 runs in Test cricket for Australia.
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