Ganguly is seventh Indian to score 6,000 Test runs

KOLKATA: Sourav Ganguly on Tuesday became the seventh Indian to score 6,000 Test runs with his knock of 46 on the fifth and final day of the second Test match against Pakistan.

Ganguly, resuming his innings on 24, was just six runs short of the 6,000 mark and duly reached the milestone at the Eden Gardens. He thus became the 46th batsmen in the world to score so many runs.

Only Sachin Tendulkar (11,289), Sunil Gavaskar (10,122), Rahul Dravid (9,622), Dilip Vengsarkar (6,868), Mohammed Azharuddin (6,215) and Gundappa Viswanath (6,080) have scored more runs than Ganguly for India.

It was the Kolkata-based left-hander's 159th innings of his 98th Test match since making his debut against England at Lord's, London, in 1996.

In India's first innings, Ganguly reached a long-cherished personal milestone of scoring a century at his home ground. A three-figure knock eluded him in eight Test matches, but in the ninth the 35-year-old finally scored a century.