Steve Smith Chasing Rahul Dravid In The Quickest To 10000 Test Runs List

Rahul Dravid and Steve Smith in Test Cricket [Source: @cricketcomau, @theOutlaw_7/x.com]

Australia and India are currentlu engaged in an intense fight in the third Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 at the Gabba in Brisbane. India have taken the charge on the second day of the match.

After the first day of the game was marred by rain, India started off day 2 with a bang. Jasprit Bumrah provided them with the early breakthrough of Usman Khawaja. This was soon followed by the wicket of Nathan McSweeney.

As the first two wickets of Australia fell, the onus was on Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne to dig the team out of the hole. But Nitish Kumar Reddy soon took the wicket of Marnus and Australi were put under deeper trouble. 

As Travis Head joined Steve Smith, it is now up to these two batters to take Australia to a safe position. Smith is looking good in the middle in the 20s. As the Australian maverick builds his innings, he draws close to his 10,000 Test runs. Notably, Smith is on the path to take down Rahul Dravid in the fastes to the land mark list.

Steve Smith Chasing Rahul Dravid's Record

Here is a look at the list of the batters who have done it the quickest so far. 

Brian Lara, Sachin Tendulkar and Kumar Sangakkara are the players who have reached 10,000 Test runs the quickest in terms of innings played. Before the start of the third Test between Australia, Steve Smith had 9,704 runs in 198 innings. 

So, the closest for Smith is the Indian great Rahul Dravid. He needed to get 296 runs in his next seven innings to beat Dravid to this landmark. At lunch on day 2 of the Third Test, Steve Smith is unbeaten on 25. So he is about 271 runs away from getting there and still has seven innings in his hand after this.

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