SL vs Aus: Steve Smith scored his 36th Test century, breaking a series of records

Delhi: In the second Test match being played between Australia and Sri Lanka, veteran batsman of Kangaroo team Steve Smith played a brilliant century innings. This was the 36th century of his Test career and the fourth century against Sri Lanka. He achieved this feat in 191 balls. With this century, Smith has equaled Rahul Dravid and Joe Root in terms of scoring the most centuries in Test cricket.

Smith is now second after Ricky Ponting (41 centuries) in the list of batsmen scoring the most centuries for Australia. At the same time, he has jointly finished fifth in the list of batsmen who scored the most centuries in Test cricket.

The 35 -year -old veteran batsman has also held the record of scoring the most runs on the Asian soil. Smith achieved this feat as soon as he scored the 27th run, leaving former captain Ricky Ponting. Ponting scored 1889 runs in 48 innings of 28 Test matches in Asia, while Smith is batting even better.

The right -handed batsman played his first Test match against Pakistan in 2010. So far, he has scored more than 10200 runs in 206 innings of 116 Test matches at an average of more than 56. He has 36 centuries and 42 half -centuries in his account. Smith has scored the most runs against England in his Test career, where he has scored 3417 runs in 37 matches.

Let us tell you that in the Test, more centuries than Smith are only Kumar Sangakkara (38), Ricky Pontig (41), Jax Kallis (45) and Sachin Tendulkar (51). Steve Smith is at the forefront of the active players and has equaled the root. The current batsmen of Australia also have no one around them. Kane Williamson is second with 33 centuries, while Virat Kohli has 30 centuries.

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