Dravid third Indian to complete 4000 away

Rahul Dravid [ Images ] became third Indian and only the 14th batsman in Test history to complete 4,000 runs in 'away' Tests on the second day of the Rawalpindi Test.

Dravid is second fastest to complete 4,000 runs in away matches in terms of innings taken to accomplish this feat. The record is held by England's [ Images ] Wally Hammond who needed only 64 innings (and 37 Tests) to complete his 4,000 away runs. The previous Indian record was in the name of Sunil Gavaskar [ Images ], who scored his 4,000th run in his 79th away innings.

Most runs in 'away' matches

Batsman	Runs	For	M	Inn	NO	Ave	HS	100	50	0
AR Border	5431	Aus	70	120	24	56.57	200*	14	28	4
IVA Richards	5404	WI	73	115	8	50.50	291	13	31	7
SR Waugh	5217	Aus	79	120	26	55.50	200	17	20	13
SR Tendulkar	5205	Ind	67	107	11	54.22	241*	18	22	9
SM Gavaskar	5055	Ind	60	106	9	52.11	221	18	22	6
CH Lloyd	4634	WI	66	108	9	46.81	242*	11	24	2
BC Lara	4548	WI	52	95	1	48.38	277	14	18	6
Javed Miandad [ Images ]	4351	Pak	64	103	8	45.80	271	9	26	6
CG Greenidge	4349	WI	62	110	7	42.22	223	11	19	7
WR Hammond	4245	Eng	41	72	8	66.33	336*	13	14	1
MC Cowdrey	4087	Eng	59	100	9	44.91	151	13	20	5
R Dravid	4057	Ind	45	77	12	62.41	233	11	19	3
Inzamam-ul-Haq [ Images ]	4027	Pak	56	93	8	47.38	200*	12	20	3
ME Waugh	4010	Aus	67	110	11	40.51	153*	9	24	12

Fastest to complete 4,000 runs in 'away' matches

Inns (Test)	Batsman	For	Tst	Vs	Season
64 (37)	WR Hammond	Eng	1st	Aus	1946-47
77 (45)	R Dravid	Ind	3rd	Pak	2003-04
79 (45)	SM Gavaskar	Ind	1st	WI	1982-83
83 (52)	IVA Richards	WI	1st	NZ	1986-87
84 (49)	AR Border	Aus	6th	Eng	1989
85 (54)	SR Tendulkar	Ind	5th	WI	2001-02
86 (48)	BC Lara	WI	2nd	Zim	2003-04
92 (58)	Javed Miandad	Pak	3rd	Eng	1992
92 (60)	SR Waugh	Aus	1st	NZ	1999-00
93 (56)	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pak	2nd	NZ	2003-04
94 (56)	MC Cowdrey	Eng	3rd	Aus	1974-75
94 (56)	CH Lloyd	WI	6th	Ind	1983-84
97 (56)	CG Greenidge	WI	2nd	Aus	1988-89
110 (67)	ME Waugh	Aus	3rd	Pak	2002-03

At the end of the second day, Dravid's run-aggregate in away matches stands at 4,057 in 77 innings of 45 Tests at an average of 62.41 with 11 centuries and 19 fifties. Dravid's average is easily the highest by an Indian and fourth highest in Tests among all the other batsmen with a career tally of 1,000 or more runs in 'away' matches.