After reaching the landmark of 10,000 runs in the first ball of his knock, Steve Smith went on to smash a century as Australia scored 330/2 on the opening day.

Steve Smith smashed a century on the first day of the Test series against Sri Lanka at Galle marking the milestone

Usman Khawaja's double century, complemented by emphatic hundreds from Steve Smith and debutant Josh Inglis, propelled Australia to an unprecedented score in Galle. Declaring at 654/6, they left Sri Lanka struggling at 44/3,

Former Australia cricketer David Warner praised Steve Smith for his sensational work ethic after his marvellous hundred against Sri Lanka during Day 1 of the first Test in Galle.

Steve Smith ended with a score of 141 in the first Test against Sri Lanka at Galle International Stadium, Galle. Australia resumed Day 2 on on 330/2 after 81.1 overs were possible yesterday.

Steve Smith hit his 35th Test century against Sri Lanka in Galle. He has been fantastic with the bat alongside Usman Khawaja and is also leading the side in Pat Cummins' absence. Sri Lanka meanwhile looked clueless as all their efforts have gone in vain so far.

Following the achievement, en route to his hundred on day 1 of the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle, Smith was put in the same bracket as the legendary Don Bradman.

Australia stand-in skipper Steve Smith reached the prestigious 10,000-run mark in Test cricket during a match against Sri Lanka at Galle. He is the 15th player and fourth Australian to achieve this. Smith reached this milestone with an innings that underscored Australia's strong start after winning the toss.

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Smith, who got off the mark with his 10,000th Test run on day one, still has a fair bit of work to do to catch Tendulkar’s all-time record of 15,921 Test runs, but statistics-based X account CricTracker has revealed that the two greats’ numbers are almost identical at this point of their careers.

The total of 654 scored against Sri Lanka in the first innings in Galle is Australia’s 13th highest in Test history and their highest ever in the sub-continent. Their previous best in Asia came back in 1980 in Faisalabad against Pakistan, where they posted 617.