SPD Smith’s 111 at Dharamsala in the ongoing test between India and Australia represents  his third hundred in the series. He  had scored 104 at Pune and 178 not out at Ranchi. His three hundreds as captain in this series provide the 23^rd occasion of a captain scoring three or more hundreds in a series. The complete list  is furnished below

No	Captain	100	Team	Oppn	Venue	Series
1	WW Armstrong	3	Aus	Eng	Aus	1920-21
2	HW Taylor	3	SAF	Eng	SAF	1922-23
3	DG Bradman	3	Aus	Eng	Aus	1936-37
4	DG Bradman	3	Aus	Eng	Eng	1938
5	WR Hammond	3	Eng	Eng	SAF	1938-39
6	A Melville	3	SAF	Eng	Eng	1947
7	DG Bradman	4	Aus	Ind	Aus	1947-48
8	GS Sobers	3	Win	Eng	Eng	1966
9	WM Lawry	3	Aus	Win	Aus	1968-69
10	GS Sobers	3	Win	Ind	Win	1970-71
11	GS Chappell	3	Aus	Win	Aus	1975-76
12	SM Gavaskar	4	Ind	Win	Ind	1978-79
13	DI Gower	3	Eng	Aus	Eng	1985
14	GA Gooch	3	Eng	Ind	Eng	1990
15	BC Lara	3	Win	Aus	Win	1998-99
16	CL Hooper	3	Win	Ind	Win	2002
17	GC Smith	3	SAF	Win	Win	2005
18	RT Ponting	3	Aus	SAF	Aus	2005-06
19	AJ Strauss	3	Eng	Win	Win	2008-09
29	AN Cook	3	Eng	Ind	Ind	2012-13
21	V Kohli	3	Ind	Aus	Aus	2014-15
22	SPD Smith	3	Aus	Ind	Aus	2014-15
23	SPD Smith	3	Aus	Ind	Ind	2016-17

SPD Smith’s three hundreds in the ongoing series provide the ninth occasion of an Australian captain scoring three centuries in a test series. All such occasions are listed below

No	Captain	100	Team	Oppn	Venue	Series
1	WW Armstrong	3	Aus	Eng	Aus	1920-21
2	DG Bradman	3	Aus	Eng	Aus	1936-37
3	DG Bradman	3	Aus	Eng	Eng	1938
4	DG Bradman	4	Aus	Ind	Aus	1947-48
5	WM Lawry	3	Aus	Win	Aus	1968-69
6	GS Chappell	3	Aus	Win	Aus	1975-76
7	RT Ponting	3	Aus	SAF	Aus	2005-06
8	SPD Smith	3	Aus	Ind	Aus	2014-15
8	SPD Smith	3	Aus	Ind	Ind	2016-17

SPD Smith became the second Australian captain to score three or more  test hundreds in two or more series. DG Bradman had accomplished such a feat in three series. The performance of these two captains are furnished below

No	Captain	100	Team	Oppn	Venue	Series
1	DG Bradman	3	Aus	Eng	Aus	1936-37
2	DG Bradman	3	Aus	Eng	Eng	1938
3	DG Bradman	4	Aus	Ind	Aus	1947-48
1	SPD Smith	3	Aus	Ind	Aus	2014-15
2	SPD Smith	3	Aus	Ind	Ind	2016-17

SPD Smith’s three hundreds in the ongoing test series provide the seventh occasion of a captain scoring three hundreds in a test series. All such occasions are listed below

No	Captain	100	Team	Oppn	Venue	Series
1	DG Bradman	4	Aus	Ind	Aus	1947-48
2	GS Sobers	3	Win	Ind	Win	1970-71
3	GA Gooch	3	Eng	Ind	Eng	1990
4	CL Hooper	3	Win	Ind	Win	2002
5	AN Cook	3	Eng	Ind	Ind	2012-13
6	SPD Smith	3	Aus	Ind	Aus	2014-15
7	SPD Smith	3	Aus	Ind	Ind	2016-17

SPD Smith’s three hundreds in the ongoing test series provide the third occasion of an Australian captain scoring three hundreds in a test series against India. All such occasions are listed below

No	Captain	100	Team	Oppn	Venue	Series
1	DG Bradman	4	Aus	Ind	Aus	1947-48
2	SPD Smith	3	Aus	Ind	Aus	2014-15
3	SPD Smith	3	Aus	Ind	Ind	2016-17

 SPD Smith became the  first captain to score  three hundreds in two separate series against India. Apart from the present series,  he had scored three hundred in 2014-15 series

No	Captain	100	Team	Oppn	Venue	Series
1	SPD Smith	3	Aus	Ind	Aus	2014-15
2	SPD Smith	3	Aus	Ind	Ind	2016-17

SPD Smith became the third captain to score three or more test hundreds in two or more series. Others are DG Bradman – in three series} and GS Sobers {02 series}. The performances of these three captains are furnished below. It is interesting to note that these three captains have score three or more hundreds in at least one series against India

No	Captain	100	Team	Oppn	Venue	Series
1	DG Bradman	3	Aus	Eng	Aus	1936-37
2	DG Bradman	3	Aus	Eng	Eng	1938
3	DG Bradman	4	Aus	Ind	Aus	1947-48
1	GS Sobers	3	Win	Eng	Eng	1966
2	GS Sobers	3	Win	Ind	Win	1970-71
1	SPD Smith	3	Aus	Ind	Aus	2014-15
2	SPD Smith	3	Aus	Ind	Ind	2016-17