Steve Smith close to 10,000 runs in Test, chance against Sri Lanka

Last Updated:January 29, 2025, 06:56 is

Most Runs in Career in Tests: Some players missed out on making the India-Australia Test series memorable by a slight margin. The first name can be taken by Steve Smith in these missing batter.

AUS vs SL: Steve Smith is one run away from 10 thousand Test runs. (AP)

New Delhi. The India-Australia Test series proved to be excellent for many players, while some players missed on making it memorable by a slight margin. The first name can be taken by Steve Smith in these missing batter. Smith missed a place in Sunil Gavaskar and Alan’s Elite Club by just one run margin. But Smith has got a chance again within the month of Bhir. Australia is to play a Test match against Sri Lanka from Wednesday, 29 January. Smith will complete his 10,000 runs in Test cricket as soon as he scored the first run in this match.

Steve Smith has played 114 Test matches so far. He has scored 9999 runs in these matches at an average of 55.86. This includes 34 centuries. He had a chance to complete his 10,000 runs on 5 January, but then he was denied it by the famous Krishna. In the second innings of the Sydney Test match against India, when Smith went to batting, he had 9995 runs in his name. He needed 5 runs to complete 10 thousand runs. But when Smith’s score was 4, then the famous Krishna caught the hands of Yashasvi Jaiswal. In this way, he remained one run away from this mile stone.

So far, 14 batter has scored 10 thousand or more runs in Test cricket. In this list, Sachin Tendulkar is at number one with 15,921 runs. He was followed by Ricky Ponting, Jack Kallis, Rahul Dravid and Joe Root. Among the active cricketers, the highest 12972 runs are the names of England’s Root. Route may soon surpass Dravid (13288), Jack Kallis (13289) and Ricky Ponting (13378).

Sunil Gavaskar is the first batter in the world to touch the figure of 10,000 runs in Test cricket. He made this record in 1987. After Gavaskar, this Makam Alan Border touched it. Due to this, the India-Australia series was named Border-Gavaskar Trophy.