Steve Smith eclipsed a Don Bradman record as Australia chased victory over India in the fourth Test in Sydney.
The captain hit 71 off 70 balls to pass Bradman’s 1947-48 Australian record of 715 for most runs in a series against India.
Smith, who had already made four centuries in the series, scored 769 runs at an average of 128.16. Australia raced to 251-6 and a lead of 348 over India before rain stopped play at the end of day four.
Looking to wrap up the four-match series 3-0, the hosts dismissed India for 475 shortly before tea to take a 97-run lead after the first innings.
India captain Virat Kohli was only able to add seven runs to his overnight score before clipping a Ryan Harris delivery to Rogers at midwicket.
Kohli’s 147 helped bring his tally over the four tests to 646 runs, the second highest by an Indian batsman in an overseas series after the 774 Sunil Gavaskar accumulated in West Indies in 1971.
In response, Australia opener Chris Rogers hit a 77-ball 56 before he was caught at midwicket off Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, while Smith was eventually out lbw to Mohammed Shami.
Joe Burns weighed in with three sixes and eight fours in his 39-ball 66.
Bradman, who died in 2001 aged 92, is regarded as Australia’s finest cricketer and the greatest Test batsman of all time. – BBC Sport
