Australian batter Steven Smith. (AP)
Australian stand-in skipper Steven Smith scored back-to-back tons during the ongoing bid against Sri Lanka successful Galle. The 35-year-old present has piled connected 36 tons successful his Test career. He is 5th connected the all-time database and is lone down the likes of Kumar Sangakkara, Ricky Ponting, Jacques Kallis and Sachin Tendulkar.
In summation to that Smith’s ton successful Galle is 17th distant from excluding his tons astatine neutral venues. He has got the astir centuries distant for an Australian batter.
In summation to that helium is present placed 4th connected the database of astir tons arsenic a skipper successful the red-ball format. Graeme Smith tops the database with 25 tons and India’s Virat Kohli is 2nd with 20 tons.