Galle, Jan. 29 -- Australia's modern-day great Steve Smith moved past cricketing icons Sunil Gavaskar, Younis Khan, Brian Lara and Mahela Jayawardene in the tally of most Test hundreds by a player.

In the opening Test on Wednesday against Sri Lanka in Galle, Smith first got the monkey off his shoulder by pushing the ball away for a single to complete 10,000 Test runs.

Smith didn't dwell on what occurred in Sydney after being perched on 9,999 runs Test runs by Prasidh Krishna in front of the Australian's home crowd.

After reaching the landmark occasion, Smith stood and soaked in the applause coming from the Australian fans, who travelled in numbers to Galle to support the Baggy Greens. He raised the bat to all corners of the ground to c...