Steve Smith has joined Joe Root in the cricket record books. Smith took three catches in Bangladesh’s first innings in the first Test against Australia in Darwin, equalling Root for the most catches by a player in Test history. Smith took catches to dismiss Litton Das , Mushfiqur Rahim and Najmul Hossain Shanto .
Both Smith and Root have now taken 218 catches each in Test cricket. The remarkable bit about Smith’s achievement is that he has taken 218 catches in just 124 Tests, compared to 166 Tests for Root.
Australia veteran Steve Smith has equalled England star Joe Root’s record for the most catches by a player in Test cricket history.
Besides Smith and Root, no currently active player has even 100 Test catches to their name. Sri Lanka Test captain Dhananjaya de Silva is closest, with 87 catches in 68 Tests. India’s KL Rahul is next up, with 76 catches in 69 Tests.
