India did not get the expected start in the World Test Championship final. Apart from India prevailing in the first session of the first day, the rest of the day was the Aussie batters. Head, who scored a century on the first day, became the first batsman to score a century in the WTC final.
Now, Steve Smith, who has completed his century at the beginning of the second day’s play, has also shone with his 31st Test century of his Test career. Also, he has written the record of being the player who has scored the most centuries in the shortest innings against India.
Smith scored 9 centuries in 37 innings against India. Joe Root scored 9 centuries in 45 innings, Gary Sobers 8 in 30 innings, Viv Richards 8 in 41 innings and Ricky Ponting 8 centuries in 51 innings against India.
Smith not only scored a record century but also had a record partnership with Travis Head. Smith and Head, who lost 3 wickets for 76 runs and took responsibility for the Aussie innings, put on a partnership of 285 runs.
Through this partnership, this is the biggest partnership for the fourth wicket for Australia in a Test against India. Apart from this, Smith has also written a record of completing 2000 runs in Test cricket against India.
Finally Siraj managed to break this partnership. Faced with 174 balls in his innings, Head hit 163 runs with 25 boundaries and 1 six and was caught by the CDC keeper.
