India, Jan. 30 -- Steve Smith scored his 36th Test century as he and Usman Khawaja powered a dominant performance from Australia in the first of the two-match series in Sri Lanka. It was an innings in which Smith became the fourth Australian to score over 10,000 runs in the format. He was dismissed on 141 off 251 and his career tally at the end of the innings stood at 10,140 runs at an average of 56.33 in 115 Tests.

Former India opener Aakash Chopra has pointed out that Smith now has five more centuries than Virat Kohli despite the latter having played five more innings in his career. "Smith has scored a century (against Sri Lanka). He has struck his 35th century in just 205 innings. (Joe) Root has scored 36 hundreds but he has played 27...