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Cricket: Dravid in 10000 runs pool E-mail
 Dravid makes his way into 10k run pool after playing 309 ODI's.  "Ten thousand runs is merely a number. I think one of the things that has given me satisfaction in my one-day career is that I have batted in different positions from one to seven and I have kept wickets," Dravid said after making 66 in India's five-wicket win against Sri Lanka in the third one-dayer.


"Ten thousand is nice but if you play 300-odd games you will get there." Dravid crossed the landmark when he reached 22 en route to his half-century in 309th ODI.

It was not long ago that Dravid was criticized for his slow batting in one-day cricket.
He was partially blamed for India's loss to New Zealand in the ICC Knock-out Championship in Kenya in 2000 when his blocking brought down the run-rate when the team batted first.
Now, he has become only the third Indian and sixth ever to enter the elite club.

10.000 Runs Club

Player                    Matches        Runs    H.S      Avg

SR Tendulkar               381      14783  186*   44.12 

 Inzamam-ul-Haq          375       11665  137*  39.67

 ST Jayasuriya             378       11516  189    32.90  

 SC Ganguly                 285      10412  183    40.99

 BC Lara                      290      10136  169    40.54  

 R Dravid                     309      10044  153    40.01



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