Stats: Top 10 Asian batsmen to score most Test runs outside Asia

Sachin Tendulkar- The highest runs scorer Away from home

Scoring runs on away pitches is always being a tough task for batsmen in different generations. It is said that Asian batsmen are flat track bullies. Especially in Test matches, we have seen many Asian batsmen have scored plenty of runs in their home country but failed to replicate the same performance away from home.

However, here we provide the list of the top 10 Asian batsmen who have scored most Test runs away from Asia. It will come as no surprise that the list is headed by the master blaster Sachin Tendulkar, with Rahul Dravid just behind.

Here are the top 10 Asian Test run-scorers outside Asia:

Player Span Mat Runs Ave HS Career Total
Sachin Tendulkar (IND) 1990-2012 77 6247 50.37 241* 15921
Rahul Dravid (IND) 1996-2012 68 5895 54.58 233 13288
VVS Laxman (IND) 1997-2012 61 4105 42.31 178 8781
Sunil Gavaskar (IND) 1971-1986 46 3868 51.57 221 10122
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK) 1992-2007 51 3725 44.87 148 8830
Javed Miandad (PAK) 1976-1993 48 3340 46.38 271 8832
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK) 1998-2010 37 3054 45.58 203 7530
Sourav Ganguly (IND) 1996-2008 46 2925 40.62 144 7212
Kumar Sangakkara (SL) 2000-2014 34 2830 47.16 270 11988
Dilip Vengsarkar (IND) 1976-1992 48 2463 32.40 157 6868

NOTE: Stats are updated up to 29th August 2014

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Edited by Staff Editor