STEVE SMITH'S STEER : CRICKET HONOURS

Australia's star batter Steve Smith last Friday joined an elite group of cricket legends, including Pakistan's Younis Khan and West Indies Brian Lara, after scoring his 34th century on the second day of the ongoing Boxing Day Test against India.

The right-handed batter, who scored his second consecutive on in the aforementioned fixture, became only the 11th batter in the history of Test cricket to score 34 centuries.

Consequently, Smith drew level with legendary figures like Pakistan's Younis Khan, West Indies Lara, India's Sunil Gavaskar and Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene in the list of batters with most Test centuries, led by India's batting great Sachin Tendulkar, who has 51 hundreds to his name in the longest format.

Smith also moved in touching distance to the tallies of two more greats, India's Rahul Dravid and England's Joe Root, who have scored 36 Test centuries each.

Furthermore, his brilliant knock in the ongoing  Boxing Day Test, helped him surpass Root to become the batter with most Test centuries against India [11].

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