Steve Smith Nears 10,000 Test Runs, Eyes Rahul Dravid’s Record

Steve Smith Nears 10,000 Test Runs, Poised to Surpass Rahul Dravid’s Record.

On the second day of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 at the Gabba in Brisbane, India gained an early advantage in a tightly contested match against Australia. There is a tough competition between the two teams.

The first day of play was interrupted by rain. On the second day, India made an impressive start. India got the first wicket in the form of Usman Khawaja. After this Nathan McSweeney also lost his wicket. After losing two wickets, the responsibility of handling Australia’s faltering innings was on Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne. But Nitish Kumar Reddy soon dashed his dreams by getting Marnus’ wicket.

After Marnus Labuschagne returned to the pavilion Travis Head along with Steve Smith took charge of Australia’s innings which was in trouble. At present, Both batsmen are now focused on guiding the team to a competitive total.

Steve Smith Just 271 Runs Away From Surpassing Dravid in Fastest 10,000 Test Runs Milestone

Steve Smith is playing in the middle order and has shown remarkable form. With this innings, he edges closer to the milestone of 10,000 Test runs.  He is just a match away from this achievement. With this, Smith is on his way to surpass Rahul Dravid in terms of scoring the fastest 10,000 Test runs. Brian Lara, Sachin Tendulkar and Kumar Sangakkara are the players who have scored 10000 runs in Test matches in the shortest time in terms of innings.

Before the start of the third Test, Steve Smith had scored 9,704 runs in 198 innings. Smith needed 296 runs in seven innings to leave behind Indian batsman Rahul Dravid. Steve Smith is unbeaten on 25 runs at lunch on the second day of the third Test. He needs just 271 runs to leave behind Rahul Dravid. Even after this, he has seven innings left.