NEW DELHI: Steve Smith became the 15th player in history and the fourth Australian to reach 10,000 Test runs on Wednesday, further solidifying his stature in the cricketing world. The 35-year-old stand-in captain accomplished the milestone with a single off Prabath Jayasuriya in Galle during the first morning of the opening Test against Sri Lanka, joining Ricky Ponting, Allan Border, and Steve Waugh in an elite list led by India’s Sachin Tendulkar.
However, the milestone reignited a long-standing debate about the best Test batter of this generation, with former Australian captain Ponting highlighting Smith, Joe Root, and Kane Williamson as the top contenders - conspicuously leaving out India’s Virat Kohli from the conversation.
