Delhi: Veteran batsman of Australian cricket team Steve Smith is on a tour of Sri Lanka these days and is seen in excellent form. In the absence of Pat Cummins, he is also handling the captaincy of the team in this series. In such a situation, in the first innings of the second Test against Sri Lanka, he has equaled the record of former captain Ricky Ponting. Till the time this news was written, he was batting 78* runs off 149 balls, in which he has hit 8 fours and 1 six.
This is Smith’s 15th 50+ inning in Asia in Test cricket, which he completed in only 42 innings. Earlier, Ponting was the only Australian batsman to score 50+ 15 times in Asia. Ponting achieved this record in 48 innings, while Smith touched this position by playing six innings less than him. This list also includes the Allen border, who did this feat 14 times. Smith has now reached equal to Ricky Ponting, leaving behind the border.
Significantly, Smith played a brilliant innings of 141 runs in the first Test and now he is unbeaten by scoring a half -century in this Test. Australia won the first Test and took a 1-0 lead in the series. Now the eyes of the guests are on cleaning Sri Lanka.
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