By IANS
Sydney : Five Indians have scored more than 1,500 runs in Tests against Australia whereas only two Australians have done so against India.
Sachin Tendulkar and V.V.S. Laxman, who both scored their third centuries at the Sydney Cricket Ground in the first innings of the ongoing second Test, are the leading run-getters.
Tendulkar is the only player to cross the 2,000-run-mark, 2,090 from 23 matches at an average of 56.48. Laxman has 1,634 runs from 18 matches at 52.70.
Rahul Dravid, Sunil Gavaskar and Gundappa Viswanath are the other Indians to score more than 1,500 runs against Australia.
For Australia, Allan Border with 1,567 from 20 Tests and Matthew Hayden with 1,551 from 26 Tests were the only ones to cross the coveted mark.
The leading run-getters in India-Australia Tests are:
Batsman For M I N.O. Runs H.S. Ave. 100 50
Sachin Tendulkar Ind 23 42 5 2090 241* 56.48 8 8
V.V.S. Laxman Ind 18 32 1 1634 281 52.70 5 6
Allan Border Aus 20 35 5 1567 163 52.23 4 9
Rahul Dravid Ind 20 36 4 1554 233 48.56 2 9
Matthew Hayden Aus. 13 26 2 1551 203 64.62 5 6
Sunil Gavaskar Ind 20 31 1 1550 172 51.66 8 4
Gundappa Viswanath Ind 18 31 2 1538 161* 53.03 4 9