New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- Steve Smith became the 15th batter in history of cricket to complete 10000 runs in Test cricket on day 1 of the first Test between Australia and Sri Lanka on Tuesday in Galle. The stylish right-hander could have gotten to the milestone against India in the fifth Test in Sydney earlier this month, but was stranded on 9999 runs.

Coming into bat after the departure of Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith flicked left-arm spinner Prabath Jayasuriya for a single towards mid-on to reach his milestone in his 205th innings. In the process, the stand-in-captain also became the fifth-fastest batter to reach 10000 Test runs in the list which includes greats like Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Ricky Ponting and more.

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