SM Katich completed 4000 runs of his test career when he was on 13 during his knock of 37 in Australia’s second innings against India at first test of the ongoing test series between India and Australia. He reached the landmark with a boundary of Harbhajan Singh {fifth delivery of the 12^th over of the innings} to take his total from 3996 to 4000. He became the 23^rd Australian batsman to total 4000 plus runs in tests. At the end of this test, he has an aggregate of 4024 runs from 53 tests and 93 innings

MEK Hussey completed 4000 runs of his test career when he was on two during his knock of 28 in Australia’s second innings of this test. He reached the landmark with a single of Ishant Sharma {third delivery of the 27th over of the innings} to take his total from 3999 to 4000. He became the 24^th Australian batsman to total 4000 plus runs in tests. At the end of this test, he has an aggregate of 4026 runs from 53 tests and 92 innings

The complete list of Australian batsmen who have aggregated 4000 plus runs are tabulated below

No	Batsmen	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0
1	RT Ponting	147	249	27	12101	257	54.50	39	53	13
2	AR Border	156	265	44	11174	205	50.56	27	63	11
3	SR Waugh	168	260	46	10927	200	51.06	32	50	22
4	ML Hayden	103	184	14	8625	380	50.73	30	29	14
5	ME Waugh	128	209	17	8029	153*	41.81	20	47	19
6	JL Langer	105	182	12	7696	250	45.27	23	30	11
7	MA Taylor	104	186	13	7525	334*	43.49	19	40	05
8	DC Boon	107	190	20	7422	200	43.65	21	32	16
9	GS Chappell	087	151	19	7110	247*	53.86	24	31	12
10	DG Bradman	052	080	10	6996	334	99.94	29	13	07
11	RN Harvey	079	137	10	6149	205	48.41	21	24	07
12	AC Gilchrist	096	137	20	5570	204*	47.60	17	26	14
13	KD Walters	074	125	14	5357	250	48.26	15	33	04
14	IM Chappell	075	136	10	5345	196	42.42	14	26	11
15	MJ Slater	074	131	07	5312	219	42.83	14	21	09
16	WM Lawry	067	123	12	5234	210	47.15	13	27	06
17	RB Simpson	062	111	07	4869	311	46.81	10	27	08
18	IR Redpath	066	120	11	4737	171	43.45	08	31	09
19	MJ Clarke	063	103	12	4532	168	49.80	14	19	05
20	KJ Hughes	070	124	06	4415	213	37.41	09	22	10
21	DR Martyn	067	109	14	4406	165	46.37	13	23	07
22	IA Healy	119	182	23	4356	161*	27.39	04	22	18
23	MEK Hussey	053	092	12	4026	182	50.32	11	21	08
24	SM Katich	053	093	06	4024	157	46.25	10	24	03