Smith, who was banned for 12 months, hardly needed two or three matches to show why he is best batsman in the Test format. En route to his 200, the southpaw also broke multiple records.25. Smith achieved the feat in 121 innings while the ‘Master Blaster’ reached this milestone in 136 innings.At the end of day one, Australia was 170/3.After Smith’s double ton, his runs tally, in the on-going Ashes, went to 589 runs -- his first since serving a sliding door gate one -year ban for his involvement in the sandpaper-gate scandal, including three tons, at a massive average of 147. Tendulkar tweeted, "COMPLICATED TECHNIQUE but an ORGANIZED MINDSET is what sets Steve Smith apart.After scoring his 26th Test ton, Steve Smith scripted history as he crossed legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar in an epic list topped by Australia’s greatest batsman Sir Don Bradman. Smith continued to dominate England after he and Tim Paine put on another crucial 146-runs stand with Captain Tim Paine who also scored an important 58.Smith’s 211 ensured Australia went past 450 to post a daunting first innings total of 497/8.

During the first and second Test matches, Smith registered 378 runs, including two centuries and one half century.After getting hit by a deadly Jofra Archer’s bouncer that forced him to sit out of the third match, Smith came back stronger and stunned the 24-year-old Barbados born bowler and his side to score 211, which put Australia on top at the end of day two. Luck was on the side of Smith as Jofra dropped a catch off his own bowling, when the Test match specialist batsman was on 65.With his 26th century, the southpaw became the second fastest cricketer in the history of the sport to hit 26 centuries in the longest format. Incredible comeback.Smith toppled Tendulkar to reach the second spot.However, Tendulkar felt very spellbound by Smith’s batting process that he went on to explain the Aussie batsman’s process of batting on twitter.Mumbai: Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar heaped praise on Australia’s Steve Smith and stated that there’s something within the 30-year-old and that thing makes him quite unique from others in the longest format of the game, after Smith slammed a double hundred which put Australia on top of the game in the current fourth Ashes Test.Smith slammed his 26th Test century in 160 balls.. Since then the 30-year-old went to score eight continuous 50s."After Australia lost openers Marcus Harris and David Warner, Steve Smith’s concussion substitute Marnus Labuschagne and in-form Smith steadied the innings as the duo put up a partnership of 116 runs at the end of day one.While, Labuschagne went back to the pavilion after scoring 67, Smith on the other hand, remained unbeaten on 65.And, with the recent knock of 211, the southpaw forced the maestro to go all praise for the Australian cricketer

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