The Wall overshadows Tendulkar

Dravid?s run-aggregate in won matches reads as 3464. Tendulkar has scored exactly the same number of runs but he did so in eight Tests and nine innings more, writes Rajneesh Gupta.

Before anyone could take notice of this, Rahul Dravid has established himself as the number one batsman in the matches won by India.

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After the Kingston Test, Dravid’s run-aggregate in matches won by India reads as 3464 in 33 matches. By an odd coincidence master blaster Sachin Tendulkar has scored exactly the same number of runs but he did so taking eight Tests and nine innings more.

Dravid’s performance in the overseas victories is even more exemplary. He has appeared in most overseas victories for India, aggregated more runs and has scored more fifty-plus scores than any other player.

Most runs in victories for India

	Tests	Inns	NO	Runs	Hs	Avg	100	50	0
R Dravid	33	53	9	3464	270	78.72	9	18	1
SR Tendulkar	41	64	10	3464	248*	64.14	12	12	2
VVS Laxman	26	38	2	1838	281	51.05	4	10	1
SC Ganguly	28	41	6	1717	136	49.05	3	10	2
SM Gavaskar	23	42	4	1671	166	43.97	6	7	2
GR Viswanath	20	37	4	1637	139	49.60	4	8	3
M Azharuddin	22	32	3	1609	182	55.48	5	4	1
DB Vengsarkar	18	28	3	1187	166	47.48	4	4	2
NS Sidhu	13	18	1	1179	124	69.35	4	7	0
V Sehwag	17	26	2	1169	309	48.70	2	5	3

Most runs in overseas victories for India

	Tests	Inns	NO	Runs	Hs	Avg	100	50	0
R Dravid	13	18	2	1519	270	94.93	4	7	1
SR Tendulkar	10	14	4	1087	248*	108.70	5	1	1
SC Ganguly	11	14	2	800	128	66.66	2	6	0
SM Gavaskar	9	17	2	756	118	50.40	3	3	2
VVS Laxman	11	15	1	718	148	51.28	2	3	0
V Sehwag	9	12	1	540	309	49.09	1	0	2
GR Viswanath	6	11	1	533	114	53.30	2	3	2
DB Vengsarkar	6	11	2	479	126*	53.22	2	1	0
AL Wadekar	5	9	1	398	143	49.75	1	2	1
M Amarnath	5	8	0	373	85	46.62	0	4	0
FM Engineer	4	8	1	333	63	47.57	0	2	0
G Gambhir	4	5	1	318	139	79.50	1	1	0