Australia's batting mainstay Steve Smith revealed that the pressure of nearing the 10,000-run milestone affected him significantly during the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series against India.
Smith entered the match needing just 38 runs to join Ricky Ponting, Allan Border, and Steve Waugh as the only Australians to achieve the milestone. However, scores of 33 and 4 in the two innings left him agonisingly one run short.