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Steve Smith Century: Steve Smith broke a big record by scoring a century in the Melbourne Test, and became the number 1

By Pranay Jain | Dec 27, 2024, 10:50 IST
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Steve Smith proved why he is considered one of the greatest batsmen of Test cricket in the Melbourne Test. This great Australian batsman scored a brilliant century in the first innings of the Melbourne Test. Smith, who scored a century in Brisbane, continued his good form in Melbourne as well and scored an amazing century. Steve Smith has managed to beat 6 legends in this century. Actually, this is Steve Smith's 34th Test century and this player has now surpassed Kane Williamson and Alastair Cook in terms of most Test centuries. Smith has also beaten Sunil Gavaskar, Brian Lara, Younis Khan and Mahela Jayawardene. Actually, Smith has touched the mark of 34 Test centuries in fewer Test matches than them.

Amazing innings by Steve Smith

It was not very difficult for Steve Smith to score a century in the Melbourne Test. The Melbourne pitch appeared to be one of the easiest pitches in the series so far. Smith settled at the crease very easily and scored a half-century on the first day of the game, remained unbeaten and on the second day he completed his century without any trouble. He looked a little uncomfortable on one or two balls of Bumrah and Akashdeep but he soon got everything under control.


This century of Steve Smith is special because he has become the batsman who has scored the most centuries in Tests against India. Smith has scored 11 centuries against India. He has gone ahead of Joe Root who has scored 10 Test centuries against India. The big thing is that Smith has scored 11 Test centuries against India in just 43 innings. Steve Smith becomes more dangerous against India at home. This player has scored centuries in 7 out of 10 innings in the first innings of the red ball test against India.

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