Captain Rahul Dravid added another feather to his cap by becoming the third Indian to aggregate 8,000 runs in Test cricket.
Dravid achieved the milestone when he reached 50 with a cover driven four off Dilhara Fernando in India's second innings on the third day of the second Test against Sri Lanka in Chennai.
The Bangalore batsman, whose half-century came off 75 balls and contained six fours, was run-out three runs later for 53.
Only Sachin Tendulkar (10,281) and Sunil Gavaskar (10,122) have scored more runs than Dravid.
Dravid, 32, also became the 15th batsman to join the elite run-getters list, headed by West Indian Brian Lara with 11,204 runs.
Besides Lara and Tendulkar, Inzamam-ul Haq (8,052) is the only other current player to aggregate more than Dravi,d who reached the landmark in his 94th Test.
Leading Indian run scorers (read under Tests, runs and average):
Sachin Tendulkar 125 - 10,281 - 57.05
Sunil Gavaskar 125 - 10,122 - 51.12
Rahul Dravid 94 - 8003 - 57.43
Dilip Vengsarkar 116 - 6868 - 42.13
Mohammad Azharuddin 99 - 6215 - 45.03
Gundappa Viswanath 91 - 6080 - 41.93.
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