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Image Source : GETTY Steve Smith and Virat Kohli
IND vs AUS: The final match of the World Test Championship between India and Australia is being played at The Oval in London. Today is the second day of this match. As soon as the day started, Australia’s star batsman Steve Smith scored a century. Smith had scored 95 runs on the first day of the match. On the second day, he completed his century by hitting two consecutive fours in two balls. With this century, Smith overtook India’s star batsman Virat Kohli. Although he is still below the great Sachin Tendulkar.
Smith followed Virat
Team India’s star batsman Virat Kohli has been overtaken by Steve Smith after scoring a century in the World Test Championship against India. Smith scored 121 runs in 268 balls in this match. During this he hit 19 fours. Smith also scored his 9th Test century against India with this. In this matter, Virat Kohli has lagged behind Smith. He has so far scored only 8 centuries in the India vs Australia test match. India’s Sachin Tendulkar is in the first place in this matter. He has scored 11 centuries in Test matches against Australia for India.
Highest scorers in India vs Australia test match
Sachin Tendulkar – 11 Steve Smith – 9 Virat Kohli – 8 Sunil Gavaskar – 8 Ricky Ponting – 8
Smith has a strong record against India
Steve Smith’s record against India has always been good. Smith has scored good runs against Team India on the big stage. This is the reason why Smith has become the player to score the most centuries against India if all formats are combined. He has so far scored 14 centuries against Team India. Earlier only Ricky Ponting had scored 14 centuries against India. He is sixth in this record of scoring the most centuries against any country. Sachin Tendulkar is in the first place. He had scored 20 centuries against Australia, combining all formats.
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