Delhi: In the second Test match being played between Australia and Sri Lanka, veteran batsman Steve Smith continued his brilliant form and played a great innings of 131 runs off 254 balls. However, on the third day he could not convert his century into a double century, but he took a unique record in the history of 147 years of Test cricket.
In fact, Smith, along with Alex Carrie, shared a 259 -run partnership for the third wicket. Along with this, he has become the first player in the history of the longest cricket, who has done the feat to share 200 or more runs with 11 different batsmen.
Apart from Smith, Carrie also scored 156 runs in 188 balls while batting brilliantly, including 15 fours and 2 sixes. At the same time, along with this century, Smith has moved to fifth position jointly in the list of batsmen who scored the most centuries in Test cricket.
Not only this, Smith has become the second batsman in the world to score the fastest 36 centuries in Test cricket. He achieved this position in just 206 innings, while in this case there are Ricky Ponting in the first place, who completed 36 centuries in 200 innings.
Steve Smith has had double century partnerships with 11 (!) Different players, the most in testry.
Here’s all 11 ⬇️
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