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Sunil Gavaskar's 6,000 Test Runs — First Indian to the Milestone, 1981

Sunil Gavaskar became the first Indian batsman to reach 6,000 Test runs in 1981, during India's overseas tour of Australia and New Zealand — joining the elite group of Bradman, Sobers, Cowdrey, Hammond, Hutton and Boycott. The milestone came at Basin Reserve, Wellington on 1 March 1981.