Steve Smith returned to form during the Test series against India recently and scored a brilliant century in Brisbane at Gabba. But he couldn't tick off a 'cool milestone' in his illustrious Test career missing it by just a solitary run in Sydney Test.

According to 7Cricket, he became the fourth batter to be dismissed in the 9,990s along with Brian Lara, Mahela Jayawardene and Alastair Cook

Steven Smith spoke about being dismissed on 9999 Test runs while batting in front of his home crowd at the SCG.

Smith is eager to reach 10,000 Test runs, after his dismissal against India left him one run short of the milestone

Steve Smith is just one run shy of scoring 10,000 runs in Test cricket. He will lead Australia in the upcoming two-test match series against Sri Lanka.