AUS vs PAK: Smith Breaks 73-YO Record To Become Fastest To 7000 Test Runs | WATCH

Smith moved past Donald Bradman in the run-scoring list for Australia. Bradman scored 6,996 runs in the longest format of the game

Former Australian skipper Steve Smith added another feather in his hat when he came out to bat against Pakistan on the second day of the second Test at Adelaide. He became the fastest batsman in the history to register 7,000 runs in the longest format of the game.

Another record broken for the outstanding Steve Smith! @Domaincomau | #AUSvPAK pic.twitter.com/pjmEKY7BKk

— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) November 30, 2019

Smith reached 7000 runs in just his 126th innings, and with this feat, he has surpassed England's Wally Hammond who had scored these runs in 131 innings. Hammond held the record for 73 years.

Steve Smith gets to 7,000 Test runs faster than anyone else 👏 #AUSvPAK pic.twitter.com/wriMFnVvIs

— #7Cricket (@7Cricket) November 30, 2019

30-year-old Smith began the match against Pakistan needing just 23 runs to reach the landmark. By doing so, he also moved past Donald Bradman in the run-scoring list for Australia. Bradman scored 6,996 runs in the longest format of the game.

Steve Smith goes past Don Bradman to become the 11th Australian player to reach 7000 Test runs 🙌

He is the quickest in the world to achieve the feat, in just 126 innings!#AUSvPAK pic.twitter.com/RY2yxw2b5h — ICC (@ICC) November 30, 2019

India batsman Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar had reached the milestone in their 134th and 136th innings respectively. West Indies' all-rounder Sir Garfield Sobers reached the milestone in his 138th innings while India's Sunil Gavaskar attained the feat in his 140th innings.