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