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Fastest Players to Score 5000 Test Runs...

Many players have made a great start to their careers in Test cricket, with 5,000 Test runs being a huge milestone for a player. But it took Bradman his 56th innings and 9 years 234 days during his 36th match to reach this point. In that Bradman scored a total of 119 runs, including a century in the first innings. Check out the list of the fastest players to score 5000 runs in Test cricket.

List of fastest players to score 5000 runs in Test Cricket:

Fastest To Reach 5000 Test Runs
Pos	Player	Team	Mat	Inn	Time
1	Don Bradman	Australia	36	56	9y 234d
2	Jack Hobbs	England	55	91	21y 66d
3	Gary Sobers	West Indies	56	95	12y 127d
4	Sunil Gavaskar	India	52	95	8y 197d
5	Vivian Richards	West Indies	64	95	9y 205d
6	Mathew Hayden	Australia	55	95	10y 127d
7	Wally Hammond	England	59	97	8y 360d
8	Kenneth Barrington	England	61	97	10y 78d
9	Steve Smith	Australia	53	97	6y 246d
10	Len Hutton	England	55	98	14y 30d
11	Virender Sehwag	India	59	99	6y 271d
12	Sachin Tendulkar	India	67	103	9y 93d
13	Brian Lara	West Indies	61	104	8y 97d
14	Neil Harvey	Australia	61	105	11y 323d
15	Joe Root	England	57	105	4y 234d
16	Virat Kohli	India	63	105	6y 165d
17	Greg Chappell	Australia	60	106	9y 98d
18	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	64	106	6y 148d
19	Younis Khan	Pakistan	59	106	8y 361d
20	Rohan Babulal Kanhai	West Indies	61	107	11y 260d

Related Q&A

Q. Who is the fastest player to score 5000 runs in test cricket?

Ans. Bradman, the fastest batsman to score 5000 runs in Test cricket, scored 5000 Test runs in his 56th innings during his 36th match.

Q. Who has scored the most runs in test cricket?

Ans. Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has scored the most runs in test cricket. He scored 15,921 runs in 200 matches at an average of 53.78. Tendulkar scored 51 centuries and 68 fifties in his illustrious career.

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