New Delhi: Steve Smith has taken another big record in his name. He scored an excellent century on Thursday on the second day of the third Test (AUS vs SA 3rd Test) against South Africa. This is his 30th century in Test cricket. In this way, he has left behind former veteran Don Bradman. He had scored 29 centuries in Tests. This is Smith’s overall 42nd century in all three formats of international cricket. In this matter, he has defeated Rohit Sharma. Rohit has scored 41 centuries. Smith was dismissed after scoring 104 runs off 192 balls. Hit 11 fours and 2 sixes. Till T, Australia has scored 394 runs for 3 wickets in the first innings. Apart from Smith, Usman Khawaja also scored a century. He is still standing at the crease after scoring 172 runs.
On the second day of the match, Australia started playing ahead of 147 runs for 2 wickets in the first innings. Khawaja was playing after scoring 54 runs. Steve Smith came down to support him on Thursday. Both made a big partnership of 209 runs for the third wicket. Earlier, Smith had played an important inning of 85 runs in the second Test as well. The host Kangaroo team has made an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the 3-match series. He is eyeing a clean sweep.
At number four in active players
At present, talking about active players in international cricket, Steve Smith is number four in terms of most centuries in international cricket. Virat Kohli is first with 72 centuries, Australia’s David Warner is second with 45 centuries and former England captain Joe Root is third with 44 centuries. Former Sri Lankan veteran Sanath Jayasuriya and West Indies’ Chris Gayle have also scored 42-42 centuries.
Steve Smith has so far scored 30 centuries in Tests and 12 in ODIs. Now the record of former Indian veterans Sunil Gavaskar and Brian Lara is on target of Smith. Both have scored 34-34 centuries in Tests.
