4 things that Rahul Dravid achieved In Tests that Sachin Tendulkar could not

#2 30000 balls faced in Test cricket

Rahul Dravid is the only batsman in the history of Test match cricket to have faced more than 30000 deliveries.

Dravid is the only batsman in the history of Test match cricket to have faced more than 30000 deliveries. In a colossal 164 tests, ‘The Wall’ faced an astonishing 31258 deliveries across 16 years.

The closest anyone has come to this record is - yes, you guessed it right - is Tendulkar himself who faced 29437 balls and fell just short of facing 30000 deliveries in Tests.

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#1 Hundreds against all Test-playing nations in all Test playing nations

Dravid played Test cricket in 10 nations and scored a Test hundred in every country he played in.

Dravid is the only Indian batsman to have scored Test hundreds against all Test nations in all nations. Dravid played test cricket in 10 nations, and scored Test hundred in every country he played in.

On the other hand, Tendulkar scored a Test hundred in 9 out of the 10 nations that he played in. The only country where Tendulkar did not score a hundred was Zimbabwe. The master played 4 Tests in Zimbabwe, but his highest score was only 74.