Dashing opener Virender Sehwag [ Images ] became the fifth Indian batsman to complete 8000 runs in Test cricket when he reached an individual score of 20 against Australia [ Images ] on day two of the first Test at the Melbourne [ Images ] Cricket Ground, on Tuesday.
Before Sehwag, Sunil Gavaskar [ Images ], Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ], Rahul Dravid [ Images ] and V V S Laxman [ Images ] are the Indian players who have reached the coveted milestone.
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He is the 23rd batsman in history of Test cricket to complete 8000 Test runs.
Sehwag completed the feat in his 93rd Test match by guiding pacer Peter Siddle [ Images ] to deep fine leg.
Prior to the Melbourne Test match, Sehwag had hit 22 centuries at an average of over 52.
Earlier, Zaheer Khan [ Images ] took 4-77 to finish the best of the Indian bowlers, with R Ashwin and Umesh Yadav each taking three as Australia were bowled out for 333 in their first innings on the second day of the first Test.
Resuming on 277-6 overnight, Australia's tail-enders held on doggedly to add 56 runs for the final four wickets before Ashwin cleaned up with two wickets.
Paceman Zaheer wasted little time in dismissing wicketkeeper Brad Haddin [ Images ] and paceman Peter Siddle, ending their 72-run stand for the seventh wicket under bright sunshine at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
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