Australia vs Sri Lanka 2nd Test: Steve Smith has exploded with the bat on Sri Lanka’s Saramajin. He took a special record in Asia by scoring a back to back century.
Australia vs Sri Lanka 2nd Test: The second match of the Test series between Australia and Sri Lanka is going on in Gaul. In this match, star batsman Steve Smith has scored a century in the first innings for Australia. Smith scored an unbeaten 120* runs in this match being played in Gaul. Earlier, he also scored a century in the first Test match, where Australia defeated Sri Lanka by an innings and 242 runs.
This is the 36th century of his Test career in the first innings of the Gaul Test. With this achievement, he has equaled Rahul Dravid of India and Joe Root of England. Now Smith has jointly reached 5th position in the list of players who scored the most centuries in Test cricket.
Australian batsman to score the highest century in Asia
Steve Smith scored his 7th century on Asian soil and overtook Australia’s Alan Border (6 centuries). Now he has become the Australian batsman to score the most centuries in Asia. Ricky Ponting is in third place in this list, whose names are 5 centuries.
Active player who scored the most centuries in international cricket
Steve Smith has now come in third place in the list of active players who scored the most centuries in international cricket. In this list, there is Virat Kohli at number one, named 81 centuries. The second number is the route, which has hit 52 centuries so far.
Virat Kohli (81 centuries) Joe Root (52 centuries) Steve Smith (48 centuries) Kane Williamson (46 centuries)
Australia’s strong grip
If you talk about the match, then by the end of the second day’s play in the Gaul Test, Australia have scored 330 runs after losing 3 wickets. Steve Smith (120) and wicketkeeper batsman Alex Carrie (139) are standing at the crease. Sri Lanka’s first innings was reduced to 257 runs, and now the Kangaroo team would like to further strengthen its lead on the third day.
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