Travis Head's Ton To Steve Smith's Fifty: TOP Records After Day 1 Of WTC Final, In PICS
It was a record-breaking day for Australia as they dominated Day 1 of World Test Championship Final against India at the Oval in London on Wednesday. In these collection of pictures, we take a look at top records shattered on Day 1 of WTC Final.
Travis Head is first centurion in WTC Final
Travis Head became the first player to smash a century in a WTC final. Head slammed his first Test century away from home. He has six hundreds to his name, five of those coming in Australia. (Photo: AP)
Travis Head and Steve Smith have 3rd highest 4th wicket stand vs India
Travis Head and Steve Smith registered the third-highest fourth-wicket partnership of 251 (unbeaten) for Australia against India. They went past Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke’s tally of 210 runs in Adelaide in 2008. (Photo: AP)
Steve Smith socred his 14th fifty-plus score vs India
Former Australia captain Steve Smith is now joint-second with Matthew Hayden for the most 50-plus scores (14) for Australia against India in Tests. Ricky Ponting tops the chart with 20 such scores. (Photo: AP)
Steve Smith averages over 121 at the Oval
Steve Smith has hammered 486 runs in just six innings at a staggering average of 121.50 with two centuries and as many fifties in Tests at The Oval. (Photo: AP)
Travis Head-Steve Smith is 2nd highest 4th wicket stand at the Oval
Travis Head and Steve Smith recorded the second-highest fourth wicket partnership of 251 (unbeaten) in Tests at The Oval. They surpassed Don Bradman and Archie Jackson’s stand of 243 against England that came in 1930. Wally Hammond and Stan Worthington shared a 266-run partnership against India in 1936. (Photo: AP)
Rohit Sharma's 50th Test match
India and Australia captain Rohit Sharma featured in their 50th Test matches of their career. Rohit has notched up 9 hundreds in 49 Tests before this. (Photo: AP)
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