Steve Smith surpasses Sachin Tendulkar, becomes second cricketer to reach this milestone

Australia's dashing batter Steve Smith created a big record against Sri Lanka at Galle ground. Smith scored 131 runs in the first innings of the second test match against Sri Lanka.
 

Steve Smith hit 10 fours and a six in 254 balls in the first innings of the second test match against Sri Lanka. With this, he scored his 36th century in test cricket career with an innings of 131 runs. Now Smith has become the second batsman in the world to score faster 36 centuries in the longest format of the game. 
 

The record of achieving the milestone of 36 centuries in test cricket is in the name of former Australian captain Ricky Ponting. Ponting was the first to achieve the record of 36 centuries in test cricket in 200 innings.
 

After Ricky Ponting, Steve Smith's name has now been added to this list. Smith achieved the milestone of 36 Test centuries in the 206th innings of his Test cricket career and he surpassed everyone else.
 

Steve Smith is now left behind by Sri Lanka's former legendary wicketkeeper-batsman Kumar Sangakkara. Sangakkara had achieved the milestone of 36 centuries in 210 innings in Test cricket and he is also ahead of Sachin Tendulkar.
 

Talking about Sachin Tendulkar, who is called the God of Cricket, he played 218 innings to complete 36 centuries in Test cricket. He has come to the fourth position in this list. Whereas Tendulkar has a total of 51 centuries in Test cricket.
 

Apart from Smith, Australia's wicketkeeper batter Alex Carey played an innings of 156 runs in 188 balls. With this, he became the first Australian to play the highest Test innings for Australia in Asia. Earlier this record was in the name of Adam Gilchrist with an innings of 144 runs.