Australian batter Smith's Test completed 10,000 runs: Fifty in Gaul Test; Khwaja's century complete; Score to T-Breck 261/2

Australian veteran batsman Steve Smith has completed 10,000 runs in Test cricket. He achieved 10,000 runs figures as soon as he scored the first run in the first Test against Sri Lanka.

On the first day of the ongoing match in Gaul, Australia have scored 261/2 runs in the first innings till T-Breke. Steve Smith 64 and Usman Khwaja are unbeaten on 119 runs. Opener Travis Head 57 and Marnas Labushen were dismissed for 20 runs. For Sri Lanka, Prabath Jayasuriya and Jeffrey Vandersay took one wicket each.

As soon as he scored the first run in the Gaul Test against Sri Lanka, he completed the 10,000 run figure.

Usman Khwaja congratulated Steve Smith after scoring 10,000 runs.

Third Australian to score 10 thousand runs Steve Smith became the 15th batsman in the world to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket. He has become the fourth batsman of Australia to do so. Prior to him, former captain Ricky Ponting (13378 runs), Alan Border (11174 runs) and Steve Waugh (10927 runs) have achieved this achievement.

Batter innings batsman who scored the fastest 10,000 runs in Tests 195 Brian Lara (West Indies) 195 Sachin Tendulkar (India) 195 Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) 196 Ricky Ponting (Australia) 205 Steve Smith (Australia) 206 Rahul Dravid (Australia)

92-run opening partnership between Head-Khwaja Australia won the toss and decided to bat. The opening pair of Travis Head and Usman Khwaja proved this decision of captain Pat Cummins correct. Both shared a 92 -run partnership. This partnership was broken by Prabath Jayasuriya. He caught the Travis Head at the hands of Chandimal. After that, Marnas Labushen, who came to batting, was dismissed for 20 runs. He was caught by Jeffrey Vanders' at the hands of D. Silva.