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IND vs AUS: The last and 5th Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 is being played between India and Australia in Sydney. On the first day of this test match, India’s first innings was reduced to just 185 runs. By the end of the day’s play, Australia lost one wicket for 9 runs. Bumrah started the second day in great style. As soon as he came, Maransh Labuschagne was dismissed on the score of 2 runs. After this, Mohammad Siraj performed brilliantly with the ball and shook Australia’s top order by taking 2 wickets one after the other. Siraj gave a big relief to the Indian team by sending opener Sam Constas (23) and then dangerous batsman Travis Head to the pavilion on the score of just 4 runs. On the second day, Australia lost 4 wickets for 39 runs. After this, Steve Smith along with debutant all-rounder Beau Webster took the responsibility of taking the Australian innings forward and soon came close to a big record but Prasidh Krishna dashed all the hopes of the veteran batsman.
Steve Smith missed in Sydney
Actually, Steve Smith missed completing 10 thousand runs in the Sydney Test. Smith needed 38 runs to reach the mark of 10,000 Test runs before the Sydney Test. On the second day of the Sydney Test, the veteran batsman was looking in good form but Prasidh Krishna showed him the way to the pavilion on a personal score of 33 runs. In this way, he remained just 5 runs away from the figure of 10 thousand test runs. If Smith had scored 5 more runs, he would have become the second active cricketer to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket. Currently, England’s legendary batsman Joe Root is the only active cricketer present in the 10,000 club. Root has 12972 runs in his name in Test. Steve Smith has scored 9995 thousand runs in 203 innings of 114 test matches at an average of more than 56. During this period, he has scored 34 centuries and 41 half-centuries with his bat. Now in the second innings of the Sydney Test, he will have a great chance to join the 10,000-run club.
Active cricketer who scored most runs in test
- Joe Root- 12972 runs
- Steve Smith- 9995 runs
- Kane Williamson- 9276 runs
- Virat Kohli- 9224 runs
- Cheteshwar Pujara- 7195 runs
Even though Steve Smith could not touch the 10,000 run mark in the first innings of the Sydney Test, he still achieved the great feat of scoring 5,000 runs in the Test on Australian soil. He became the sixth cricketer to score 5 thousand runs in Australia. Even Don Bradman could not accomplish this feat in Australia.
Batsman who scored most test runs in Australia
- 7578- Ricky Ponting
- 5743- Alan Border
- 5710- Steve Waugh
- 5438- David Warner
- 5210- Matthew Hayden
- 5003*- Steve Smith
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