Steve Smith: Just 38 runs away from breaking Rahul Dravid’s record in Sydney Test.
IND vs AUS Sydney Test: The last match of the 5-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 being played between India and Australia will be played at the Sydney Cricket Ground from January 3. The Australian team has taken a 2-1 lead in the series by winning the fourth match of this series played in Melbourne by 184 runs, while now Team India has leveled the series at 2-2 by winning the Sydney Test. There is a chance to finish. So far in this series, the performance of two batsmen from Australia has been very good, one name is of Travis Head and the other name is of Steve Smith, in which both the batsmen have seen 2-2 century innings with the bat. Has received. Smith will also have a chance to perform a big feat in the first Test match of the year 2025 to be played in Sydney.
Steve Smith just 38 runs away from breaking Rahul Dravid’s record
Till now, after playing 113 matches in Test cricket, Steve Smith has scored 9962 runs in 202 innings at an average of 56.28, so if he scores 38 more runs in the Sydney Test match, he will complete his 10000 runs in Test cricket. In such a situation, Smith has a great chance to break Rahul Dravid’s record and become the 5th fastest batsman to reach the figure of ten thousand runs in Test cricket. Dravid had completed his 10,000 runs in Tests in 206 innings, whereas Smith still has three innings to break this record but his attempt will be to break it in the Sydney Test itself. Brian Lara’s name is at the first place in terms of completing the fastest figure of 10000 runs in Test, who achieved this figure in his 195th innings in 111 Test matches.
Fastest player to complete 10000 runs in test
- Brian Lara (West Indies) – 111 Test matches (195 innings)
- Sachin Tendulkar (India) – 122 Test matches (195 innings)
- Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) – 115 Test matches (195 innings)
- Ricky Ponting (Australia) – 118 Test matches (196 innings)
- Rahul Dravid (India) – 120 Test matches (206 innings)
Australia announced its playing 11 for Sydney Test
Australia has announced its playing 11 for the last Test match of the series against the Indian team to be played in Sydney, in which it has also made one change. So far in this series, they have decided to play Beau Webster in place of all-rounder Mitchell Marsh, who has performed poorly with both bat and ball, in which this will be the debut match of this 31-year-old player in international cricket.
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