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Dravid third Indian to complete 4000 away

By Rajneesh Gupta
Last updated on: April 14, 2004 22:46 IST
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Rahul Dravid became third Indian and only the 14th batsman in Test history to complete 4,000 runs in 'away' Tests on the second day of the Rawalpindi Test.

Dravid is second fastest to complete 4,000 runs in away matches in terms of innings taken to accomplish this feat. The record is held by England's Wally Hammond who needed only 64 innings (and 37 Tests) to complete his 4,000 away runs. The previous Indian record was in the name of Sunil Gavaskar, who scored his 4,000th run in his 79th away innings.

Most runs in 'away' matches

Batsman Runs For M Inn NO Ave HS 100 50 0
AR Border 5431 Aus 70 120 24 56.57 200* 14 28 4
IVA Richards 5404 WI 73 115 8 50.50 291 13 31 7
SR Waugh 5217 Aus 79 120 26 55.50 200 17 20 13
SR Tendulkar 5205 Ind 67 107 11 54.22 241* 18 22 9
SM Gavaskar 5055 Ind 60 106 9 52.11 221 18 22 6
CH Lloyd 4634 WI 66 108 9 46.81 242* 11 24 2
BC Lara 4548 WI 52 95 1 48.38 277 14 18 6
Javed Miandad 4351 Pak 64 103 8 45.80 271 9 26 6
CG Greenidge 4349 WI 62 110 7 42.22 223 11 19 7
WR Hammond 4245 Eng 41 72 8 66.33 336* 13 14 1
MC Cowdrey 4087 Eng 59 100 9 44.91 151 13 20 5
R Dravid 4057 Ind 45 77 12 62.41 233 11 19 3
Inzamam-ul-Haq 4027 Pak 56 93 8 47.38 200* 12 20 3
ME Waugh 4010 Aus 67 110 11 40.51 153* 9 24 12

Fastest to complete 4,000 runs in 'away' matches

Inns (Test) Batsman For Tst Vs Season
64 (37) WR Hammond Eng 1st Aus 1946-47
77 (45) R Dravid Ind 3rd Pak 2003-04
79 (45) SM Gavaskar Ind 1st WI 1982-83
83 (52) IVA Richards WI 1st NZ 1986-87
84 (49) AR Border Aus 6th Eng 1989
85 (54) SR Tendulkar Ind 5th WI 2001-02
86 (48) BC Lara WI 2nd Zim 2003-04
92 (58) Javed Miandad Pak 3rd Eng 1992
92 (60) SR Waugh Aus 1st NZ 1999-00
93 (56) Inzamam-ul-Haq Pak 2nd NZ 2003-04
94 (56) MC Cowdrey Eng 3rd Aus 1974-75
94 (56) CH Lloyd WI 6th Ind 1983-84
97 (56) CG Greenidge WI 2nd Aus 1988-89
110 (67) ME Waugh Aus 3rd Pak 2002-03
At the end of the second day, Dravid's run-aggregate in away matches stands at 4,057 in 77 innings of 45 Tests at an average of 62.41 with 11 centuries and 19 fifties. Dravid's average is easily the highest by an Indian and fourth highest in Tests among all the other batsmen with a career tally of 1,000 or more runs in 'away' matches.

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