Australian captain Steve Smith overtook legendary Don Bradman’s 68 year old record for being the leading runscorer in a particular Test series between India and Australia. Smith has scored 769 runs in the ongoing four match series.
Australian captain Steve Smith overtook legendary Don Bradman’s 68 year old record for being the leading run scorer in a particular Test series between India and Australia. Smith has scored 725 runs and is still batting in the second innings of the fourth test.
Steve, who has scored 162, 52*, 133, 28, 192, 14, 117, 72 in the ongoing series with a total of 769 runs in 8 innings. Smith in process overtook Sir Don Bradman who plundered the Indians for 715 runs in just 6 innings with an average of 178.75. In the six innings he played, Bradman has scored 4 centuries and 1 fifty.
Former skipper Ricky Ponting comes in third in the list with 706 runs from 8 innings in the 2003-04 series at an average of 100.85. In the same series, Rahul Dravid had scored 619 runs in 8 innings and is sixth in the list.
Indian skipper Virat Kohli is fourth in the list with 646 runs in seven innings and is yet to bat in the final innings of the series. Kohli has averaged 93 in the ongoing series. Michael Clarke completes the list with 626 runs under his belt from 4 innings during the 2011-12 series which includes his highest score of 329.
HEre is the list of top 5 batsmen to have scored more number of runs in an innings.
|
S.No |
Player |
Team |
Mat/Inn |
Runs |
Avg. |
Highest |
100/50 |
Year |
Winner |
|
1 |
Steve Smith |
Aus |
4/8 |
769 |
128.20 |
192 |
4/2 |
2014-15 |
– |
|
2 |
Don Bradman |
Aus |
5/6 |
715 |
178.75 |
201 |
4/1 |
1947 |
Aus |
|
3 |
Ricky Ponting |
Aus |
4/8 |
706 |
100.85 |
257 |
2/2 |
2003-04 |
Draw |
|
4 |
Virat Kohli |
India |
4/7 |
646 |
92.28 |
169 |
4/1 |
2014-15 |
– |
|
5 |
Michael Clarke |
Aus |
4/6 |
626 |
125.20 |
329 |
2/0 |
2011-12 |
Aus |
*Stats updated till 9 January 2015.