SL vs AUS 2nd Test: Australia’s Steve Smith Hits 28th Test Century

SL vs AUS 2nd Test: Australia’s Steve Smith Hits 28th Test Century, and former Australia captain Steve Smith is back in the middle of the run.

Smith was unbeaten on 109 at stumps on the opening day of the Test:-

After an 18-month century drought, Steve came back with a ton in the first innings of the second Test with a bang. Smith remained unbeaten on 109 at stumps on the opening day of the Test.

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Australia was in a comfortable position with 298/5. Australia won the toss and decided to bat first. But they did not get off to a good start as they lost David Warner early.

He scored 5 runs in 13 balls. Marnus Labuschagne came on 3 and scored 104 off 156 balls to complete his century. Soon Usman Khawaja got out after scoring 37 runs.

Made Up his mind to Spend time in the middle:-

Then, battling for form, Steve Smith came in at No. But this time he had made up his mind to spend time in the middle. As a result of his patience and efforts, he equaled Joe Root.

Scored his 28th, brilliant century in Test cricket. Root last scored a century in 16 innings on 21 January. So, a long drought is finally over for him.

Smith has also overtaken Virat Kohli in terms of centuries scored in the longest format of the game. Root has 28 centuries in 121 Tests to his name.

The 24 Tons in 88 Matches For Kane Williamson:-

Smith has 28 in 87 Tests while Kane Williamson has 24 tons in 88 matches. Kohli has 27 tons in 102 matches.

He has not scored a Test century in more than 3 years, his last century came against Bangladesh in November 2019.

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Among the modern greats, Root and Smith are the frontrunners in terms of centuries while fans wait for Kohli 2.0 to load.

Smith is still unbeaten and will hope to bat even longer on the second day of the second Test, perhaps to try and hit a double century to put Australia in a strong position.