Most Test Runs for India

Generation after generation, India have seen some world class batters. From Sunil Gavaskar to Sachin Tendulkar to Virat Kohli and now Shubman Gill, these batters have aggregated a lot of runs. And no wonder they dominate most of the run charts.

This article lists the top 10 Test run-scorers among the Indian batsmen and a few key facts relevant to the table below.

PLAYERS	MATCHES	INNS	RUNS	AVERAGE	HS	100/50
S TENDULKAR	200	329	15921	53.78	248*	51/68
R DRAVID	163	284	13265	52.63	270	36/63
S GAVASKAR	125	214	10122	51.12	236*	34/45
V KOHLI	123	210	9230	46.85	254*	30/31
VVS LAXMAN	134	225	8781	45.97	281	17/56
V SEHWAG	103	178	8503	49.43	319	23/31
S GANGULY	113	188	7212	42.17	239	16/35
C PUJARA	103	176	7195	43.60	206*	19/35
D VENGARSARKAR	116	185	6868	42.13	166	17/35
M AZHARUDDIN	99	147	6215	45.03	199	22/21

Key Insights

Among the cricketers who have scored more than 10000 Test runs, India have three of them: Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, and Sunil Gavaskar.

The trio, along with Virat Kohli, have smashed 30 or more centuries for India in the longest format. Among them, Tendulkar has the most, with 51 tons to his name.

The former Indian batsman, Sunil Gavaskar, was the first overall cricketer to reach 10000 runs in Test cricket.

9607 runs of Gavaskar’s 10122 came as an opener, the most for India in Tests. Sehwag is the other opener to score more 5000 runs. The Delhi batter aggregated 8124 of his 8503 runs while opening for the Indian team.

Three other players (not part of this list) who have more than 5000 Test runs for India are Gundappa Viswanath (6080), Kapil Dev (5248), and Ajinkya Rahane (5077).

Virender Sehwag, among this list, is the only player to score a triple century. Apart from him, Karun Nair is the other Indian triple centurion in Tests. You can read everything you need to know on the triple centuries in Test cricket here.

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