VIDEO: Virat Kohli won hearts in Melbourne! Patted Steve Smith on the back as soon as he scored a century
The fourth Test between India and Australia is being played in Melbourne. On the second day of this match, Australian batsman Steve Smith maintained his excellent form and scored a century. He scored the 34th century of his Test career. Although Smith scored the century, Virat Kohli, who is embroiled in controversies, won hearts. He went to Smith while fielding and praised him for his brilliant innings. He patted Smith on his shoulder while congratulating him. His video is now going viral on social media.
Smith played an innings of 140 runs.
Steve Smith was not in form for some time and was failing to play big innings consistently. But during the Gaba Test, he spent time on the pitch scored a century, and returned to form. He continued this in Melbourne as well and scored his second consecutive century. He played an important innings of 140 runs in 197 balls for Australia. Smith added important runs with the lower-order batsmen and took the Australian team past 450 runs.
Virat Kohli appreciating the Hundred of Steve Smith #INDvsAUS pic.twitter.com/pQsOXrZJge
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Smith continued his brilliant performance in Melbourne and made many records. He has batted in 19 Test innings on this ground and has scored 1161 runs at an average of 82.92. During this time he has scored 6 half-centuries and 4 centuries. He is also the fourth batsman to play the most 50+ innings on this ground. In this case, only Greg Chappell (13), Don Bradman (12) and Ricky Ponting (11) are ahead of him.
11th century against India
Steve Smith has also become the batsman who has scored the most centuries in Tests against India. He has scored 11 centuries against India. In this case, Smith has left behind Joe Root who has scored 10 Test centuries against India. Smith has achieved this feat against India in just 43 innings. After these two, Gary Sobers, Viv Richards and Ricky Ponting come next, who scored 8 centuries each against Team India. Let's know what other records Smith made with this century.