Record-breaking day for Ponting at Adelaide

The opening day of the fourth Test between India and Australia, at the Adelaide Oval, turned out to be one of records for Ricky Ponting.

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The former Australia captain, who was unbeaten on 137 in his team's total of 335-3 when stumps were drawn for the day, now aggregates more runs than any other batsman against India in Test cricket.

He surpassed former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd's tally of 2344 runs in 28 Tests.

Leading run scorers against India in Test cricket

Player	For	Mts	Inns	Runs	Hs	Avg	100s	50s
RT Ponting	Aus	29	50	2411	257	52.41	8	11
CH Lloyd	WI	28	44	2344	242*	58.60	7	12
Javed Miandad	Pak	28	39	2228	280*	67.52	5	14
S Chanderpaul	WI	23	40	2038	140	65.74	7	10
IVA Richards	WI	28	41	1927	192*	50.71	8	7
GStA Sobers	WI	18	30	1920	198	83.48	8	7
ML Hayden	Aus	18	35	1888	203	59.00	6	8
DPMD Jayawardene	SL	18	28	1822	275	67.48	6	8
Zaheer Abbas	Pak	19	25	1740	235*	87.00	6	3
GA Gooch	Eng	19	33	1725	333	55.65	5	8

Ponting also became only the third batsman in the history of Test cricket to score 13,000 or more runs.

Sachin Tendulkar leads the run-scoring chart in Test cricket with 15,432 runs, followed by his Indian team-mate Rahul Dravid (13,039).

The top-10 run getters in Test cricket

Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0s
SR Tendulkar	188	309	32	15432	248	55.71	51	65	14
R Dravid	164	284	32	13262	270	52.62	36	63	8
R Ponting	162	275	29	13039	257	53.00	41	60	16
J Kallis	150	254	39	12260	224	57.02	41	55	13
B Lara	131	232	6	11953	400	52.88	34	48	17
A Border	156	265	44	11174	205	50.56	27	63	11
S Waugh	168	260	46	10927	200	51.06	32	50	22
S Gavaskar	125	214	16	10122	236	51.12	34	45	12
M Jayawardene	128	213	13	10086	374	50.43	29	40	11
S Chanderpaul	137	234	37	9709	203	49.28	24	56	13

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