Top 10 Indian Test Batsmen Vs South Africa In India

All Test Ratings on the website are from 01/01/1950 onwards (Know Why). Most of our ratings are dynamic, and as new matches are played, the rating of earlier batsmen may change if current batsmen set new benchmarks. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 10 batsmen from India against South Africa in India in Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2025-09-10

CONTENTS

5. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL

6. ATTACKING

7. TEAM VEN OPP RATING

TVO RATING

This rating considers performances of players from specific teams in particular nations or against particular oppositions.

Team (T)	IND
Venue (V)	IND
Oposition (O)	SA

THE CRITERIA

The TVO Rating is divided into 4 main sections:-

CRITERIA	STAT	POINTS
Prolific	Runs Scored	300.00
Consistent	Average	300.00
Big Innings Potential	Top Scores	250.00
Attacking	Strike Rate	150.00

The Trend Setter (TS)

TS is the player who does the best in a criteria. The rating of all other players are calculated taking the TS as the benchmark. Know All About TS. Here is a simple example:-

TS Runs: 2,000; Player X Runs: 1,000; Section Points: 250.00
TS Points: 250.00(Max); Player X Points: Runs/TS Runs X 250 = 1,000/2,000 X 250 = 125.00
Ratings of all sections are calculated similarly with Runs being replaced by the Criteria Stat.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings	7
Min Career Runs	1000

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK	BATSMAN	NAT	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	V Sehwag	IND	11	924	300.00
1	V Sehwag	IND	11	924	300.00
2	RS Dravid	IND	18	628	203.90
3	SR Tendulkar	IND	17	580	188.31
4	RG Sharma	IND	8	555	180.19
5	V Kohli	IND	10	517	167.86
6	M Azharuddin	IND	8	499	162.01
7	AM Rahane	IND	10	482	156.49
8	SC Ganguly	IND	15	441	143.18
9	VVS Laxman	IND	13	410	133.12
10	RA Jadeja	IND	9	321	104.22

CONSISTENT

R Ave

Relative Average (R Ave) is a more accurate type of average. Know How It Is Calculated. Briefly, it takes into account:-

Strength of Opposition.
Positions at which a batsman has played.
Venues at which he has played.
Time Period in which he has been active

Criteria: Points For Relative Average

Min Qualification For TS
Min Runs	250

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	NO	RUNS	100s	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	V Sehwag	11	0	924	4	84.00	82.96	300.00
1	V Sehwag	11	0	924	4	84.00	82.96	300.00
2	M Azharuddin	8	1	499	3	71.29	77.79	281.29
3	RG Sharma	8	0	555	3	69.38	60.46	218.64
4	V Kohli	10	2	517	1	64.63	60.37	218.31
5	AM Rahane	10	2	482	3	60.25	56.29	203.53
6	RS Dravid	18	2	628	1	39.25	42.32	153.04
7	SR Tendulkar	17	1	580	2	36.25	39.13	141.50
8	RA Jadeja	9	1	321	0	40.13	36.44	131.76
9	VVS Laxman	13	1	410	1	34.17	36.28	131.17
10	SC Ganguly	15	1	441	0	31.50	33.15	119.86

BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL

Ave HS

In this criteria, the top 5 scores of the batsman have been taken. Average High Score (Ave HS) is simply the total runs in the 5 innings divided by 5.

Criteria: Points For Runs Scored In The Top 5 Inns

RANK	BATSMAN	1	2	3	4	5	AVE HS	RAT
TS	V Sehwag	319	165	164	109	88	169.00	250.00
1	V Sehwag	319	165	164	109	88	169.00	250.00
2	RG Sharma	212	176	127	23	14	110.40	163.31
3	M Azharuddin	163*	109	102	52	35	92.20	136.39
4	V Kohli	254*	88	44	31*	29	89.20	131.95
5	AM Rahane	127	115	100*	59	27*	85.60	126.63
6	SR Tendulkar	106	100	97	61	42	81.20	120.12
7	RS Dravid	111	80	56	54	47*	69.60	102.96
8	VVS Laxman	143*	51	50	39	38	64.20	94.97
9	SC Ganguly	87	87	57	41	40	62.40	92.31
10	RA Jadeja	91	51	40	38	34	50.80	75.15

ATTACKING

R SR

Relative Strike Rate (R SR) is calculated using the same method as R Ave with average being replaced with SR. Batsman who were active in earlier times benefit from this as SR was generally low earlier.

R4BF

Balls played by batsmen for many inns is not available for earlier times. When such is the case, we have used Runs For Balls Faced (R4BF) to determine the Strike Rate. This is the runs scored by the batsman for the available data of balls.

CRITERIA: Points For R SR

Min Qualification For TS
Min Runs	250
Min Average	25

RANK	BATSMAN	R4BF	BF	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	V Sehwag	924	1058	87.33	81.13	150.00
1	V Sehwag	924	1058	87.33	81.13	150.00
2	M Azharuddin	499	685	72.85	78.70	145.51
3	RG Sharma	555	757	73.32	67.58	124.96
4	V Kohli	517	810	63.83	60.99	112.77
5	RA Jadeja	321	536	59.89	57.45	106.22
6	SC Ganguly	441	824	53.52	52.68	97.41
7	AM Rahane	482	936	51.50	49.21	90.98
8	VVS Laxman	410	852	48.12	49.08	90.74
9	SR Tendulkar	580	1300	44.62	47.15	87.18
10	RS Dravid	628	1937	32.42	32.72	60.50

TEAM VEN OPP RATING

The TEAM VEN OPP (TVO) Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000.

RANK	BATSMAN	PRO	CON	BIP	ATT	TVO RAT
1	V Sehwag	300.00	300.00	250.00	150.00	1,000.00
2	M Azharuddin	162.01	281.29	136.39	145.51	725.20
3	RG Sharma	180.19	218.64	163.31	124.96	687.11
4	V Kohli	167.86	218.31	131.95	112.77	630.89
5	AM Rahane	156.49	203.53	126.63	90.98	577.63
6	SR Tendulkar	188.31	141.50	120.12	87.18	537.11
7	RS Dravid	203.90	153.04	102.96	60.50	520.39
8	SC Ganguly	143.18	119.86	92.31	97.41	452.76
9	VVS Laxman	133.12	131.17	94.97	90.74	450.00
10	RA Jadeja	104.22	131.76	75.15	106.22	417.34