Ricky Ponting Reaches 13,000-run in Test Cricket

Adelaide: Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting became the third batsman to score 13,000 Test runs on the first day of the fourth Test against India on Tuesday.

The 37-year-old swept a single to deep square leg off the bowling of R Ashwin 20 minutes before tea to move past the milestone and reach 81 not out in Australia's first innings.

The former Australian captain made his debut against Sri Lanka at Perth in 1995 and reached the mark in his 275th innings having already claimed his 61st half-century earlier in the day.

The only two men to have scored more Test runs than Ponting, Sachin Tendulkar (15,432) and Rahul Dravid (13,262), were both fielding at the Adelaide Oval.

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