Rahul Tiwari
khelja|29-01-2025
Australian legendary batsman Steve Smith has done a big feat in Test cricket. In the first Test being played against Sri Lanka, Smith created history as soon as he scored the first run. Now 10 thousand runs have been completed in this longest format of Smith's cricket. These feat has not been able to do veterans like Virat Kohli and Kane Wilian in the test. These Australian veterans have overtaken both the veterans. Not only this, Smith is also ahead in the case of Test centuries from both.
Smith made a special record in Test cricket on Sri Lanka soil, he also scored just one run. By the end of the Border Gavaskar Trophy against India, Smith had 9999 runs in the Test. He needed only one run for 10 thousand Test runs. In the first innings of the first Test against Sri Lanka, he also achieved this special place as soon as he scored the first run. He did this feat in 205 innings of 115 matches. Now Smith has become the fourth Australian and overall 15th batsman to score 10,000 runs in the Test.
There it is!
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Virat Kohli, Kane Williamson, Joe Root and Steve Smith are counted in 'Fab Four'. Joe Root is at the forefront of the four in the test format. He has the highest number of Test runs (12972) and the highest Test century (36) of his names. Now Smith has also crossed the figure of 10 thousand runs. But India's legendary Virat Kohli and New Zealand star batsman Kane Williamson are still away from this figure. Kohli has 9230 runs in Tests and Williamson has 9276 runs.
Apart from Test runs, Smith Kohli and Williamson are also leading in terms of Test centuries. Kane Williamson has scored 33 centuries scoring 9276 runs in 186 innings of 105 matches. Talking about Virat Kohli, he has scored 9230 runs in 210 innings of 123 matches and scored 30 centuries. While Smith's name is 34 centuries in this format.