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Top 10 Indian Batsmen Vs South Africa In Test Cricket

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All Test Ratings on the website are from 01/01/1950 onwards (Know Why). They are updated till 2026-02-05. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section and at the end (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 10 batsmen from India against South Africa in Test cricket.

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
5. ATTACKING
6. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL
7. TEAM VEN OPP RATING
8. BRIEF EXPLANATION
8.1. Dynamic Nature
8.2. Trend Setter (TS)
8.3. Abbreviations
TVO RATING

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

Team (T) IND
Venue (V) ALL
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
Attacking Strike Rate 100.00
Big Innings Potential Top Scores 300.00

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings 10
Min Runs 250

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS SR Tendulkar IND 45 1741 300.00
1 SR Tendulkar IND 45 1741 300.00
2 V Kohli IND 28 1408 242.62
3 V Sehwag IND 26 1306 225.04
4 RS Dravid IND 40 1252 215.74
5 VVS Laxman IND 31 976 168.18
6 SC Ganguly IND 31 947 163.18
7 AM Rahane IND 22 884 152.33
8 M Azharuddin IND 20 779 134.23
9 RG Sharma IND 20 738 127.17
10 MA Agarwal IND 10 475 81.85

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 500

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 100s AVE R AVE RAT
TS V Kohli 28 2 1408 3 54.15 64.07 300.00
1 V Kohli 28 2 1408 3 54.15 64.07 300.00
2 V Sehwag 26 0 1306 5 50.23 54.22 253.90
3 MA Agarwal 10 0 475 2 47.50 53.21 249.17
4 AM Rahane 22 3 884 3 46.53 52.74 246.98
5 M Azharuddin 20 1 779 4 41.00 50.61 237.01
6 SR Tendulkar 45 4 1741 7 42.46 49.45 231.56
7 RG Sharma 20 1 738 3 38.84 45.41 212.64
8 VVS Laxman 31 5 976 1 37.54 42.28 197.96
9 RS Dravid 40 3 1252 2 33.84 38.84 181.85
10 SC Ganguly 31 3 947 0 33.82 38.77 181.53

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 500
Min Average 25

RANK BATSMAN R4BF BF SR R SR RAT
TS M Azharuddin 779 1076 72.40 85.50 100.00
1 M Azharuddin 779 1076 72.40 85.50 100.00
2 V Sehwag 1306 1621 80.57 79.71 93.22
3 RG Sharma 738 1143 64.57 61.63 72.08
4 SC Ganguly 947 1712 55.32 59.28 69.33
5 V Kohli 1408 2459 57.26 54.49 63.73
6 SR Tendulkar 1741 3648 47.72 51.70 60.46
7 MA Agarwal 475 877 54.16 49.82 58.27
8 VVS Laxman 976 2044 47.75 49.45 57.83
9 AM Rahane 884 1698 52.06 49.37 57.74
10 RS Dravid 1252 3594 34.84 36.81 43.05

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 319 165 164 109 105 172.40 300.00
1 V Sehwag 319 165 164 109 105 172.40 300.00
2 V Kohli 254* 153 119 96 88 142.00 247.10
3 SR Tendulkar 169 155 146 111* 111 138.40 240.84
4 RG Sharma 212 176 127 47 39 120.20 209.16
5 M Azharuddin 163* 115 109 102 60 109.80 191.07
6 RS Dravid 148 111 87 81 80 101.40 176.45
7 AM Rahane 127 115 100* 96 59 99.40 172.97
8 VVS Laxman 143* 96 89 73 51 90.40 157.31
9 MA Agarwal 215 108 60 26 23 86.40 150.35
10 SC Ganguly 87 87 73 66 60 74.60 129.81

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 ATT BIP TVO RAT
1 V Sehwag 225.04 253.90 93.22 300.00 872.17
2 V Kohli 242.62 300.00 63.73 247.10 853.45
3 SR Tendulkar 300.00 231.56 60.46 240.84 832.86
4 M Azharuddin 134.23 237.01 100.00 191.07 662.31
5 AM Rahane 152.33 246.98 57.74 172.97 630.02
6 RG Sharma 127.17 212.64 72.08 209.16 621.05
7 RS Dravid 215.74 181.85 43.05 176.45 617.10
8 VVS Laxman 168.18 197.96 57.83 157.31 581.29
9 SC Ganguly 163.18 181.53 69.33 129.81 543.86
10 MA Agarwal 81.85 249.17 58.27 150.35 539.64

BRIEF EXPLANATION

Dynamic Nature

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.

Trend Setter (TS)

  1. TS is the player who does the best in a criteria.
  2. The rating of all other players are calculated taking the TS as the benchmark. Example:-
  3. TS Runs: 2,000; Player X Runs: 1,000; Section Points: 250.00
  4. TS Points: 250.00 (Max)
  5. Player X Points: Runs/TS Runs X 250 = 1,000/2,000 X 250 = 125.00.
  6. Ratings of all sections are calculated similarly with Runs being replaced by the Criteria Stat.
  7. Know All About the Trend Setter
    8. .

Abbreviations

  1. AVE - Average or Runs/(Inns - Not Out)
  2. BF - Balls Faced
  3. FP - First Played by Year
  4. INF - Infinite
  5. LP - Last Played by Year
  6. MP - Middle Played or (FP+LP)/2
  7. NA - Not Applicable
  8. NI - Not In Top
  9. NK - Not Known
  10. NO, * - Not Out
  11. NQ - Not Qualified
  12. OPP - Opposition
  13. R4BF - Runs for available data of balls
  14. SR - Strike Rate or Runs/Balls
  15. TS - Trend Setter
  16. TT - Top Teams

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