Dravid joins 10,000 Test runs club

Chennai: India batsman Rahul Dravid became the sixth batsman to amass 10,000 test runs when he reached 80 on Saturday during the opening test match against South Africa.

Playing in his 120th test match, Dravid joined the select group when he pushed Dale Steyn for a single to mid-wicket and then raised his arms to accept the cheers from the crowd.

Dravid is the third Indian to join this exclusive group of test batsmen, following his current teammate Sachin Tendulkar and former skipper Sunil Gavaskar.

West Indian Brian Lara heads the list of test scorers with 11,953 runs from 131 tests, followed by Tendulkar on 11,782 runs in 147 tests.

Tendulkar failed to add to his tally Saturday as he was dismissed for a duck.

Others to have crossed the 10,000-run mark are Australians Allan Border (11,174 in 156 tests) and Steve Waugh (10,927 in 168 tests), and Gavaskar (10,122 in 125 tests).

Tendulkar, Lara and Dravid have also scored more that 10,000 runs in limited-overs internationals.