24 January,2017 11:00 AM IST | | mid-day online correspondent
Indian batsman Cheteshwar Pujara, who is the second quickest cricketer from the country to reach 1000 runs in Tests, celebrates his birthday today; We take a look at the top 10 Indian cricketers who reached the landmark
Cheteshwar Pujara, Azharuddin, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly
Indian batsman Cheteshwar Pujara, who is the second quickest cricketer from the country to reach 1000 runs in Tests, celebrates his birthday today.
We take a look at the top 10 Indian cricketers who reached the landmark of 1000 Test runs in the least number of innings.
Vinod Kambli
Innings - 14. Debut - 29 Jan 1993. Duration taken - 1 year 293 days. Matches - 12.
Cheteshwar Pujara
Innings - 18. Debut - 9 Oct 2010. Duration taken - 2 years 144 days. Matches - 11.
Sunil Gavaskar
Innings - 21. Debut - 6 Mar 1971. Duration taken - 1 year 325 days. Matches - 11.
Sanjay Manjrekar
Innings - 23. Debut - 25 Nov 1987. Duration taken - 2 years 257 days. Matches - 14.
Rahul Dravid
Innings - 23. Debut - 20 Jun 1996. Duration taken - 301 days. Matches - 14.
Sourav Ganguly
Innings - 23. Debut - 20 Jun 1996. Duration taken - 1 year 152 days. Matches - 15.
Virender Sehwag
Innings - 24. Debut - 3 Nov 2001. Duration taken - 1 year 347 days. Matches - 16.
Vijay Hazare
Innings - 25. Debut - 22 Jun 1946. Duration taken - 2 years 227 days. Matches - 13.
Sandeep Patil
Innings - 25. Debut - 15 Jan 1980. Duration taken - 2 years 245 days. Matches - 16.
Mohammad Azharuddin
Innings - 25. Debut - 31 Dec 1984. Duration taken - 1 year 351 days. Matches - 16.
