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The second day of the Melbourne Test was in the name of Australia. The team scored a big score of 474 runs with the help of Steve Smith’s century. At stumps, the Kangaroos also lost 5 wickets for India’s 164 runs. The team will still have to score 111 runs to save the follow-on.
Smith’s name remained in discussion in the list of records on Friday. Smith became the third fastest batsman to score his 34th Test century. He is also the batsman with the most centuries in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT). Captain Pat Cummins has taken the most wickets in BGT.
Read the facts and top records of the second day…
facts
- Smith is the third fastest batsman to score his 34th Test century. He played 201 innings for this. Of the 11 batsmen with 34 Test centuries, only Sachin Tendulkar (192 innings) and Ricky Ponting (193 innings) are ahead of him.
- Bumrah has bowled 84 innings so far in his Test career and this was the first time that the fast bowler conceded 99 runs in an innings. In this list, former England fast bowler Mike Hendricks is at second place with 54 innings.
- Rohit Sharma is second in the list of batsmen with the lowest average in a season. He has scored 155 runs in 14 Tests in 2024 at an average of 11.07. The first number is Chandu Sarwate, who scored runs at an average of 10 in 1947-48.
- Smith is second in the list of most centuries scored for Australia with 34 centuries. Ricky Ponting is at number one with 41 centuries.
1. Most centuries in BGT Steven Smith has become the batsman with the most centuries in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. He has scored 10 centuries so far in this trophy. Smith has overtaken Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli 9 times each.
2. Most wickets in BGT (fast bowler) Australian captain and fast bowler Pat Cummins has now become the bowler taking the highest wicket in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Cummins has taken 62 wickets in 27 innings of this trophy. At second place is former Indian bowler Zaheer Khan, who has taken 61 wickets in 34 innings.
Cummins dismissed Indian captain Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul on the second day of the Melbourne Test.
3. Most centuries in Test against India Steve Smith scored the 34th century of his career on Friday. By scoring this century, he became the batsman to score the most centuries in Tests against India. By scoring 11 centuries, he has left behind England’s Joe Root’s 10 centuries. Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting is at third position in the list with 8 centuries.
4. Century against India (all three formats) Steve Smith has become the batsman to score the most centuries against India in all three formats. Till now he has scored 16 centuries including ODI, T-20 and Test. Ricky Ponting is at second place with 14 centuries. England’s Joe Root is at number three with 13 centuries.
5. Batsmen who got out in single digits in Test 2024 In the 2024 Test season, Indian captain Rohit Sharma has been out 10 times on a low score of 10 runs i.e. single digit. Kiwi bowler Tim Southee is at number one. He has been out in single digits this year 2024. Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah is at fourth position in the list after getting out 10 times.
