Stand-in Australian skipper Steven Smith emerged out to be the best batsmen of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2014-15. The series ended on January 10th, 2015 with the hosts Australia winning it (2-0). During the series, Smith scored 769 runs in 8 innings at an average of 128.16 with 4 hundreds and 2 fifties and created some records out of them. So, let us take a look at them in detail:
-Smith’s 769 runs entered him in the list of the top 5 batsmen scoring most runs in a Test series. He ended 3rd in the list which is headed by Sir Viv Richards followed by the Indian legend Sunil Gavaskar.
|
Player |
Opposition |
Innings |
NO |
Runs |
Average |
100s |
50s |
|
Sir Viv Richards (WI) |
England |
7 |
0 |
829 |
118.42 |
3 |
2 |
|
Sunil Gavaskar (IND) |
West Indies |
8 |
3 |
774 |
154.80 |
4 |
3 |
|
Steven Smith (AUS) |
India |
8 |
2 |
769 |
128.16 |
4 |
2 |
|
Jacques Kallis (SA) |
West Indies |
6 |
2 |
712 |
178.00 |
4 |
1 |
|
Ricky Ponting (AUS) |
India |
8 |
1 |
706 |
100.85 |
2 |
2 |
– Smith also joined the likes of Gavaskar, Jacques Kallis, George Headley and Doug Walters to score most number of hundreds (4) in a four-match Test series.
|
Player |
Opposition |
Innings |
NO |
Runs |
Average |
100s |
50s |
|
Sunil Gavaskar (IND) |
West Indies |
8 |
3 |
774 |
154.80 |
4 |
3 |
|
Steven Smith (AUS) |
India |
8 |
2 |
769 |
128.16 |
4 |
2 |
|
Jacques Kallis (SA) |
West Indies |
6 |
2 |
712 |
178.00 |
4 |
1 |
|
George Headley (WI) |
England |
8 |
0 |
703 |
87.87 |
4 |
0 |
|
Doug Walters (AUS) |
West Indies |
6 |
0 |
669 |
116.50 |
4 |
2 |
*Stats updated till January 8th, 2015
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