Tendulkar vs Smith: Can Steven Smith break Sachin Tendulkar’s record? – English Media claims that Steven Smith can surpass and overtake Sachin Tendulkar when Smith ultimately retires from the sport. the Australian batter is particularly known to chase Sachin’s records and have almost similar runs and stats as to what Sachin had during his time period. Follow Cricket Live Updates on InsideSport.IN
Tendulkar vs Smith: Steven Smith breaks Sachin Tendulkar’s BIG RECORD, English media says ‘he will overtake Tendulkar’
The claim came when Smith beat Tendulkar in reaching the 7500 run mark in test cricket. Sachin Tendulkar had taken 144 test matches to achieve this feat while on other hand Smith took five games fewer and achieve the feat in 139 games.
Smith scored his 35th test half-century against Pakistan before being ultimately dismissed on 72. However, stats reveal that the two great batters share similar stats when they were of the same age. Sachin had 7853 runs under his belt when he played 148 innings which Smith is ahead by just 9 runs at a similar stage after scoring 7862 runs. Both the batters have double-centuries under their belt and also have an amazingly close batting average of around 60.00.
Tendulkar vs Smith: Steven Smith breaks Sachin Tendulkar’s BIG RECORD, English media says ‘he will overtake Tendulkar’
Though Tendulkar surpasses Smith in terms of centuries, 29 to 27, Smith has more half-centuries of 34-31. However, it will be an extremely tough job for the Australian to go near Sachin’s record score of 15921 runs in 200 test matches. Whether Smith can achieve this feat remains to be seen.
The duo has great respect for each other. Smith said, “Used to love (to see) Sachin bat, especially when he used to hit the ball down the ground, his straight drive and on-drive used to be sublime, they were great to watch.”
Sachin said, “Smith’s technique is unconventional…Normally, we tell a bowler in Test matches to bowl on and around off-stump or may be fourth stump line. But for Smith, because he shuffles, may be that line (of delivery) moves further away by four to five inches,’ he said via Hindustan Times.”
Tendulkar vs Smith: Steven Smith breaks Sachin Tendulkar’s BIG RECORD, English media says ‘he will overtake Tendulkar’
