A rare sextet

From Keyur Shah, India
It seems strange that nobody else has observed this before me.

Six of India's current Test side are on the verge of achieving a record which has previously been achieved by very few cricketers in their career. Should Dravid, Tendulkar, Laxman, Ganguly, Sehwag and Kumble play in New Zealand when India visits and manage to win a Test there, they shall have personally won a test in all 9 current Test playing countries.

To put emphasis on how significant an achievement this will be, let me disclose that only two players (to the best of my knowledge) have won in all 9 Test playing countries: Inzamam-ul-haq and Waqar Younis. Ricky Ponting hasn't won in Pakistan, but won against them in Sharjah and may be considered, but most other players of the current Australian world-conquering side have missed out in two out of Pakistan, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh.

Now even if we consider those past players who have won in all Test playing nations in their time (with a minimum of 6 test playing nations ie after India and New Zealand were granted Test status), only those players of the great West Indies of 70's and 80's who won in Australia, SA, England, India and New Zealand, and retired before Sri Lanka was granted Test status make the cut (because Sri Lanka was granted Test status in 1981 and West Indies is yet to win in Sri Lanka).

Hence, this will be a great achievement indeed and i will be hoping that these 6 players manage to win a test in NZ and leave a legacy of winning tests in all countries and conditions for the coming generations of cricket fans to follow.