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Dravid second fastest Indian to complete 6000 runs

December 14, 2003 18:30 IST

Rahul Dravid became sixth Indian and 34th batsman in Test history to complete 6000 runs when his score reached 29 on the second day of Adelaide Test.

By taking 73 Tests for his 6000 runs, Dravid became second fastest among Indians to reach this landmark.

Sunil Gavaskar had taken 67 Tests (and 117 innings) to complete his 6000 runs. Sachin Tendulkar took 76 Tests (and 120 innings) to accomplish this feat.

Dravid is now the sixth joint fastest in Test history to complete 6000 runs in terms of Tests.

Fastest to complete 6000 runs in Test cricket

Batsman For M Inns NO Ave HS 100s 0s Tst Vs Series
DG Bradman Aus 45 68 7 98.36 334 24 5 3rd Ind 1947-48
SM Gavaskar Ind 65 117 9 55.56 221 23 7 2nd Aus 1980-81
GStA Sobers WI 65 111 16 63.16 365* 19 5 5th Eng 1967-68
L Hutton Eng 66 116 15 59.41 364 17 4 1st WI 1953-54
WR Hammond Eng 70 114 14 60.00 336* 18 4 1st SA 1938-39
KF Barrington Eng 72 116 13 58.25 256 16 3 1st Pak 1967
GS Chappell Aus 73 129 16 53.10 247* 19 11 3rd WI 1981-82
BC Lara WI 73 126 5 49.59 375 15 7 3rd Aus 2000-01
R Dravid Ind 73 125 15 56.09 222 16 2 2nd Aus 2003-04
RB Kanhai WI 74 130 6 48.39 256 14 7 3rd Eng 1973
SR Tendulkar Ind 76 120 13 56.07 217 22 7 2nd SA 1999-00
RN Harvey Aus 78 134 11 48.78 205 20 7 4th Eng 1962-63
AR Border Aus 80 140 24 51.72 196 16 4 2nd NZ 1985-86

Fastest Indians to complete 6000 runs

Batsman For M Inns NO Ave HS 100s 0s Tst Vs Series
SM Gavaskar Ind 65 117 9 55.56 221 23 7 2nd Aus 1980-81
R Dravid Ind 73 125 15 56.09 222 16 2 2nd Aus 2003-04
SR Tendulkar Ind 76 120 13 56.07 217 22 7 2nd SA 1999-00
GR Viswanath Ind 88 151 11 42.86 222 14 9 3rd Pak 1982-83
DB Vengsarkar Ind 96 155 21 44.78 166 15 12 1st WI 1987-88
M Azharuddin Ind 97 143 10 45.11 199 21 5 3rd Pak 1998-99

Leading run-scorers for India

Runs Player M Inn NO HS Ave 100s 50s 0s 90s
10122 SM Gavaskar 125 214 16 236* 51.12 34 45 12 5
8882 SR Tendulkar 108 174 16 217 56.22 31 36 11 5
6868 DB Vengsarkar 116 185 22 166 42.13 17 35 15 4
6215 M Azharuddin 99 147 9 199 45.04 22 21 5 1
6170 RS Dravid 73 125 15 222 56.09 16 29 2 5
6080 GR Viswanath 91 155 10 222 41.93 14 35 10 3
5248 N Kapil Dev 131 184 15 163 31.05 8 27 16 2

Dravid's performance against each country

Against M Inns NO Runs Ave HS 100s 50s 0s 90s 50+
Australia 12 21 2 937 49.31 199* 5 4 1 0 5
Bangladesh 1 2 1 69 69.00 41* 0 0 0 0 0
England 9 13 1 911 75.92 217 3 4 0 1 7
New Zealand 9 18 1 1004 59.06 222 4 2 1 0 6
Pakistan 3 6 0 162 27.00 53 0 1 0 0 1
South Africa 10 20 1 648 34.11 148 1 3 0 0 4
Sri Lanka 9 14 1 723 55.62 107 1 6 0 2 7
West Indies 13 20 5 912 60.80 144* 2 6 0 2 8
Zimbabwe 7 11 3 804 100.50 200* 3 3 0 0 6
TOTAL 73 125 15 6170 56.09 222 16 29 2 5 44
at home 33 57 5 2662 51.19 222 6 13 0 2 19
abroad 40 68 10 3508 60.48 217 10 16 2 3 25

Mode of dismissals against each country

Against Inns NO B C CW CF C&B HW LBW RO St
Australia 21 2 3 15 8 6 1 0 0 1 0
Bangladesh 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
England 13 1 1 7 4 3 0 0 2 1 1
New Zealand 18 1 4 10 5 5 0 0 2 1 0
Pakistan 6 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0
South Africa 20 1 5 10 3 7 0 0 4 0 0
Sri Lanka 14 1 0 11 0 10 1 0 1 1 0
West Indies 20 5 5 5 4 1 0 0 4 1 0
Zimbabwe 11 3 1 6 4 2 0 0 0 1 0
TOTAL 125 15 21 67 29 36 2 0 15 6 1

Pattern of scoring against each country

Against Inns NO HS 0s 0- 10- 20- 50- 90- 100- 150- 200- 250-
Australia 21 2 180 1 7 1 7 4 0 0 2 0 0
Bangladesh 2 1 41* 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
England 13 1 217 0 3 1 2 3 1 2 0 1 0
New Zealand 18 1 222 1 6 2 4 2 0 2 1 1 0
Pakistan 6 0 53 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
South Africa 20 1 148 0 5 4 7 3 0 1 0 0 0
Sri Lanka 14 1 107 0 2 2 3 4 2 1 0 0 0
West Indies 20 5 144* 0 3 5 4 4 2 2 0 0 0
Zimbabwe 11 3 200* 0 2 0 3 3 0 1 1 1 0

Performance at each batting position

Order Inns NO Runs Ave HS 100s 50s 0s 90s 50+
1 7 0 104 14.86 31 0 0 0 0 0
2 92 11 4815 59.44 222 13 22 2 4 34
3 8 1 370 52.86 118 1 2 0 0 3
4 6 1 189 37.80 144* 1 0 0 0 1
5 8 2 413 68.83 180 1 2 0 0 3
6 4 0 279 69.75 95 0 3 0 1 3
7 0 0 0 dnb dnb 0 0 0 0 0
8 0 0 0 dnb dnb 0 0 0 0 0
9 0 0 0 dnb dnb 0 0 0 0 0
10 0 0 0 dnb dnb 0 0 0 0 0
11 0 0 0 dnb dnb 0 0 0 0 0

Note: Dravid's run-aggregate at number three is the highest for India at this position

Performance in each year

Year M Inns NO Runs Ave HS 100s 50s 0s 90s 50+
1996 7 12 1 436 39.64 95 0 3 0 1 3
1997 12 18 2 984 61.50 148 1 9 0 3 10
1998 5 9 0 413 45.89 118 1 3 1 0 4
1999 10 19 1 865 48.06 190 4 1 0 0 5
2000 6 11 3 624 78.00 200* 2 1 1 0 3
2001 13 23 3 935 46.75 180 1 6 0 0 7
2002 16 26 3 1357 59.00 217 5 5 0 1 10
2003 4 7 2 556 111.20 222 2 1 0 0 2

Nemesis

Dismissals Bowler For
7 SK Warne Aus
4 M Muralitharan SL
4 SM Pollock SAf
4 PR Adams SAf
4 MJ Hoggard Eng
3 DL Vettori NZ
3 FA Rose WI
3 BM McMillan SAf
3 Saqlain Mushtaq Pak

Note: All statistics updated upto December 14, 2003

Rajneesh Gupta