Steve Smith 35th Test Century Breaks Sunil Gavaskar Record Sri Lanka vs Australia 1st Test

Steve Smith Sri Lanka vs Australia 1st Test: The first match of the Test series between Sri Lanka and Australia is being played in Galle. Australia have scored 330 runs in the first innings by the end of the first day’s play. During this, Usman Khwaja and Steve Smith performed brilliantly for the team. Smith scored a century. He broke a record of its changing Team India’s great cricketer Sunil Gavaskar. Smith and Khwaja returned to an unbeaten pavilion by the end of the first day.

Smith came to batting at number four for Australia. He scored an unbeaten 104 runs while facing 188 balls during this period. Smith’s innings included 10 fours and a six. He played a strong partnership with Khwaja. Khwaja came to open. He scored 147 not out, facing 210 balls. Khwaja’s innings hit 10 fours and 1 six.

Smith broke Sunil Gavaskar’s record –

Smith broke Gavaskar’s record by performing a strong performance. He has left Gavaskar behind in terms of scoring the most centuries in Tests. Former Team India player Sunil Gavaskar has scored 34 centuries in 125 Test matches. While Smith has scored 35 centuries in 115 matches. Smith also took a figure of 10 thousand runs. He has scored 10103 runs till the news in the Test.

Smith -Khwaja increased Sri Lanka’s difficulty –

Australia scored 330 runs in the first innings with a loss of 2 wickets till the end of the first day’s play. The Sri Lankan bowlers were able to take only two wickets. Travis Head was dismissed for 57 runs. While Marnas Labushen returned to the pavilion after scoring 20 runs. But after this Khwaja and Smith buried the peg. Both of them harassed the Sri Lankan bowlers a lot.

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