Australia vs India: The second day's play in the Gabba Test proved to be historic for Australia. After the first day's play was canceled due to rain, Australia displayed strong batting on the second day. Travis Head and Steve Smith played brilliant innings and put the team in a strong position against India.
By the end of the day's play, Australia scored 405 runs for 7 wickets. Travis Head's innings of 152 runs and Steve Smith's 101-run century had a major contribution in this huge score. Smith not only returned to his form with this innings, but also made a historic record against India.
Smith made a new record
On the second day, Steve Smith created a new history by scoring the 33rd century of his Test career and 15th against India. With this record, Smith became the batsman who scored the most centuries against India. Earlier, Ricky Ponting had scored 14 centuries against India, but now Smith has left him behind.
Players with most centuries against India
15 – Steve Smith (Australia)
14 – Ricky Ponting (Australia)
13 – Joe Root (England)
11 – Viv Richards (West Indies)
11 – Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)
10 – Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka)
10 – Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka)
Blasting innings by Head and Smith
For Australia, Travis Head played an excellent inning of 152 runs. He had also scored 140 runs in the Adelaide Test, but this time he made an even bigger score. At the same time, Steve Smith, who was struggling with poor form, performed brilliantly with his bat in this match and scored 101 runs and provided stability to his team.
Strong batting against fast bowlers
Jasprit Bumrah performed well in India's bowling, but he did not get support from the other end. The partnership of Head and Smith troubled the Indian bowlers and took Australia beyond 400.
Equaling Sangakkara's record
Smith equaled Kumar Sangakkara by scoring his 33rd Test century in his 199th innings. Sangakkara also achieved this feat in 199 innings. Smith and Sangakkara are jointly fourth in the list of those who scored 33 centuries in the fewest innings.
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