Top 10 Indian Batsmen Vs South Africa In Test Cricket

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 Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2025-02-15

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)	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
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

PROLIFIC

The Eras

The time period from 1950 to present is divided into eras for this section. This is because less cricket was played earlier. To make it fair for earlier players they are compared with players of the same period with a slight reduction in points. Know More About Eras.

Era 1	MP before 1991
Era 2	MP between 1990 And 2016
Era 3	MP greater than 2015

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	SR Tendulkar	IND	1992	2011	2001.5	45	1741	300.00
1	SR Tendulkar	IND	1992	2011	2001.5	45	1741	300.00
2	V Sehwag	IND	2001	2011	2006	26	1306	225.04
3	RS Dravid	IND	1996	2011	2003.5	40	1252	215.74
4	VVS Laxman	IND	1996	2011	2003.5	31	976	168.18
5	SC Ganguly	IND	1996	2008	2002	31	947	163.18
6	M Azharuddin	IND	1992	2000	1996	20	779	134.23

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	V Kohli	IND	2013	2024	2018.5	28	1408	280.00
1	V Kohli	IND	2013	2024	2018.5	28	1408	280.00
2	AM Rahane	IND	2013	2022	2017.5	22	884	175.80
3	RG Sharma	IND	2013	2024	2018.5	20	738	146.76
4	MA Agarwal	IND	2019	2022	2020.5	10	475	94.46

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	61.10	300.00
1	V Kohli	28	2	1408	3	54.15	61.10	300.00
2	MA Agarwal	10	0	475	2	47.50	53.32	261.80
3	V Sehwag	26	0	1306	5	50.23	53.12	260.83
4	AM Rahane	22	3	884	3	46.53	52.07	255.68
5	SR Tendulkar	45	4	1741	7	42.46	46.75	229.53
6	M Azharuddin	20	1	779	4	41.00	46.22	226.92
7	RG Sharma	20	1	738	3	38.84	43.28	212.51
8	VVS Laxman	31	5	976	1	37.54	40.69	199.79
9	RS Dravid	40	3	1252	2	33.84	36.69	180.15
10	SC Ganguly	31	3	947	0	33.82	36.25	177.96

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	250.00
1	V Sehwag	319	165	164	109	105	172.40	250.00
2	V Kohli	254*	153	119	96	88	142.00	205.92
3	SR Tendulkar	169	155	146	111*	111	138.40	200.70
4	RG Sharma	212	176	127	47	39	120.20	174.30
5	M Azharuddin	163*	115	109	102	60	109.80	159.22
6	RS Dravid	148	111	87	81	80	101.40	147.04
7	AM Rahane	127	115	100*	96	59	99.40	144.14
8	VVS Laxman	143*	96	89	73	51	90.40	131.09
9	MA Agarwal	215	108	60	26	23	86.40	125.29
10	SC Ganguly	87	87	73	66	60	74.60	108.18

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	78.99	150.00
1	M Azharuddin	779	1076	72.40	78.99	150.00
2	V Sehwag	1306	1621	80.57	78.78	149.60
3	RG Sharma	738	1143	64.57	62.46	118.61
4	SC Ganguly	947	1712	55.32	56.51	107.30
5	V Kohli	1408	2459	57.26	55.11	104.65
6	MA Agarwal	475	877	54.16	51.23	97.27
7	AM Rahane	884	1698	52.06	50.32	95.56
8	SR Tendulkar	1741	3648	47.72	49.05	93.14
9	VVS Laxman	976	2044	47.75	47.86	90.87
10	RS Dravid	1252	3594	34.84	35.38	67.17

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 Kohli	280.00	300.00	205.92	104.65	890.57
2	V Sehwag	225.04	260.83	250.00	149.60	885.47
3	SR Tendulkar	300.00	229.53	200.70	93.14	823.36
4	AM Rahane	175.80	255.68	144.14	95.56	671.17
5	M Azharuddin	134.23	226.92	159.22	150.00	670.38
6	RG Sharma	146.76	212.51	174.30	118.61	652.19
7	RS Dravid	215.74	180.15	147.04	67.17	610.10
8	VVS Laxman	168.18	199.79	131.09	90.87	589.93
9	MA Agarwal	94.46	261.80	125.29	97.27	578.82
10	SC Ganguly	163.18	177.96	108.18	107.30	556.62