India, Jan. 29 -- After close to a month's wait, Steve Smith finally reached the milestone of 10,000 runs in Test cricket. With a flick of the bat through short mid-wicket for a single on his first ball, Smith became the 15th player to the five-figure feat, fourth from Australia and the joint-second fastest to the landmark, having achieved it in just 115 Tests. Following the achievement, en route to his fifty on day 1 of the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle, Smith was put in the same bracket as the legendary Don Bradman.

Speaking to Fox Cricket, former England cricketer Michael Vaughan reckoned only a select few have managed to record numbers in their career, which put them close to being compared with Bradman, and he put Smith in t...