Tendulkar is now India's second highest run getter in Tests
Staff Reporter - 18 June 2001

Sachin Tendulkar passed another milestone during the third day of the second Test against Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club. When he struck Arnoldus Blignaut for his third boundary to move from 18 to 22, Tendulkar surpassed Dilip Vengsarkar's tally of 6868 runs to become India's second highest Test run getter (in 32 fewer matches and 60 fewer innings).

Only Sunil Gavaskar with 10,122 lies beyond the pale, for now. Tendulkar was caught at gully by Grant Flower off Heath Streak for 69 to close the match with an aggregate of 6919 runs at 57.18. In the process, Tendulkar also moved into 23rd place worldwide, the two names immediately above him being Sir Leonard Hutton (6971) and Sir Donald Bradman (6996). Here is a list of India's top 15:

Name                Mat    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50    

SM Gavaskar         125  214  16 10122  236*  51.12  34  45   
SR Tendulkar         84  135  14  6919  217   57.18  25  28   
DB Vengsarkar       116  185  22  6868  166   42.13  17  35   
M Azharuddin         99  147   9  6215  199   45.03  22  21   
GR Viswanath         91  155  10  6080  222   41.93  14  35   
N Kapil Dev         131  184  15  5248  163   31.05   8  27   
M Amarnath           69  113  10  4378  138   42.50  11  24   
RJ Shastri           80  121  14  3830  206   35.79  11  12   
R Dravid             45   78   8  3798  200*  54.25   9  19   
PR Umrigar           59   94   8  3631  223   42.22  12  14   
VL Manjrekar         55   92  10  3208  189*  39.12   7  15   
NS Sidhu             51   78   2  3202  201   42.13   9  15   
CG Borde             55   97  11  3061  177*  35.59   5  18   
SC Ganguly           43   73   6  2831  173   42.25   7  14   
MAK Pataudi          46   83   3  2793  203*  34.91   6  16

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