‘You cannot stop Steve Smith, you can only hope to contain him’ this is the phrase tweeted by Cricket Australia, many Indian cricket fans may not like the statement, but this quite relevant seeing the way the Australia skipper has batted in the series so far.
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Indian bowlers looked clueless, toothless and zapped in front of the Australian captain and the trend continued in Sydney as Smith scored his fourth century of the series to propel his team towards a massive first innings total.
Smith, meanwhile, becomes only the third batsman after Don Bradman and Jacques Kallis to score four centuries in as many Tests in a same series. There was no stopping for Smith as he took the attack from India and played with ease and calmness.
Shane Watson, on the other hand, continued his battle of getting back into the form on a pitch that seems to have nothing for the bowlers, at least for the Indian bowlers. They stitched a 196-run partnership for the third wicket.
Mohammed Shami dismissed Watson (81) when he was caught by Ravichandran Ashwin at deep midwicket. Just before the lunch, India got another success when Smith (117) edged to wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha off pacer Umesh Yadav.
Australia have reached 420/4 at lunch on the second day at the Sydney Cricket Ground, with Joe Burns (0 not out) and Shaun Marsh (14 not out) in the middle.
Earlier on Day 1, Australia completely outplayed India, courtesy century from David Warner and a fighting 95 from Chris Rogers. Rogers and Warner made 200 runs stand for the first wicket, but they fell in quick succession, giving opening to Indians.
The Virat Kohli-led side, however, couldn’t take the advantage of the period as Watson and Smith helped Australia reach stumps without any more jolts.
