New Delhi: Coming out to bat first in the second season of the World Test Championship – WTC Final 2023, Australian batsman Steve Smith completed his century on the second day of the match. This was the 31st century of his Test career. Today, Thursday, June 8, Steve Smith was bowled by Shardul Thakur with a personal score of 121 runs. But, with this century innings, he registered his name in a special world record.
Significantly, this century of his first innings of this match of AUS vs IND WTC Final 2023 is the 9th century against India in his career. He has scored 9 centuries in the least Test innings. However, England’s batsman Joe Root has also scored a total of 9 centuries in his Test career against India, but he has scored so many centuries in 45 innings.
Let’s take a look at the names and statistics of the top-5 batsmen in the world who have scored the most centuries against India in Test cricket.
“Steve Smith scored a century for Australia on the second day of WTC Final 2023, know his Test record, and also know the statistics of ODI and T20 cricket” Test record, know ODI and T20 cricket statistics too
1. Steve Smith Team: Australia
Century: 9
Innings: 36
2. Joe Root
Team: England
Century: 9
Innings: 45
3. Garry Sobers
Team: West Indies
Century: 8
Innings: 30
4. Sir Vivian Richards
Team: West Indies
Century: 8
Innings: 41
5. Ricky Ponting
Team: Australia
Century: 8
Innings: 51
