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Top 10 South African Batsmen Vs India In ODIs

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Our One Day International (ODI) ratings take into account all matches from the first ODI match on January 5, 1971 till the below mentioned last update date. 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). So, here are the Top 10 batsmen from South Africa against India in ODIs.

*Note: All ODI Ratings are updated till 2025-09-15

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
5. ATTACKING
6. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL
7. QUICK INNINGS POTENTIAL
8. TEAM VEN OPP RATING
TVO RATING

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

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

THE CRITERIA

The TVO Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Runs Scored 250.00
Consistent Average 200.00
Attacking Strike Rate 200.00
Big Innings Potential Top Scores 200.00
Quick Innings Potential Top Inns By SR 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 10

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS JH Kallis SA 34 1535 250.00
1 JH Kallis SA 34 1535 250.00
2 G Kirsten SA 26 1377 224.27
3 AB de Villiers SA 32 1357 221.01
4 Q de Kock SA 23 1191 193.97
5 HH Gibbs SA 27 1064 173.29
6 HM Amla SA 26 938 152.77
7 WJ Cronje SA 31 909 148.05
8 F du Plessis SA 14 696 113.36
9 JN Rhodes SA 30 623 101.47
10 DJ Cullinan SA 15 555 90.39

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 400

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 50s AVE R AVE RAT
TS G Kirsten 26 4 1377 9 62.59 60.68 200.00
1 G Kirsten 26 4 1377 9 62.59 60.68 200.00
2 JH Kallis 34 9 1535 11 61.40 58.18 191.78
3 F du Plessis 14 2 696 5 58.00 48.12 158.61
4 Q de Kock 23 0 1191 2 51.78 44.11 145.39
5 HH Gibbs 27 3 1064 5 44.33 42.78 141.02
6 AB de Villiers 32 4 1357 5 48.46 42.16 138.97
7 WJ Cronje 31 10 909 6 43.29 42.16 138.97
8 DJ Cullinan 15 0 555 4 37.00 36.29 119.64
9 HM Amla 26 1 938 6 37.52 32.75 107.95
10 JN Rhodes 30 7 623 3 27.09 27.42 90.37

ATTACKING

R SR

Relative Strike Rate (R SR) is calculated using the same method as R Ave with average being replaced with SR.

CRITERIA: Points For R SR

Min Qualification For TS
Min Runs 400
Min Average 25

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS AB de Villiers 1357 1221 111.14 96.60 200.00
1 AB de Villiers 1357 1221 111.14 96.60 200.00
2 WJ Cronje 909 1128 80.59 81.28 168.28
3 HH Gibbs 1064 1284 82.87 79.25 164.07
4 JN Rhodes 623 827 75.33 77.79 161.06
5 Q de Kock 1191 1278 93.19 77.10 159.61
6 F du Plessis 696 766 90.86 76.88 159.17
7 G Kirsten 1377 1798 76.59 75.74 156.82
8 HM Amla 938 1104 84.96 71.78 148.60
9 DJ Cullinan 555 814 68.18 70.37 145.69
10 JH Kallis 1535 2121 72.37 68.49 141.80

BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL

Ave HS

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 scores of the batsman. 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 Q de Kock 135 124 109 106 106 116.00 200.00
1 Q de Kock 135 124 109 106 106 116.00 200.00
2 G Kirsten 133* 115* 115 106 93 112.40 193.79
3 AB de Villiers 119 114* 112 109 104* 111.60 192.41
4 JH Kallis 119* 104* 97 96 91* 101.40 174.83
5 HH Gibbs 116* 111 93* 87* 84 98.20 169.31
6 HM Amla 116* 100 87 71 65 87.80 151.38
7 F du Plessis 133* 120 62 60 60 87.00 150.00
8 WJ Cronje 90 71 66 63* 58 69.60 120.00
9 DJ Cullinan 106 65 64 60 51 69.20 119.31
10 JN Rhodes 57* 56 54 42* 41 50.00 86.21

QUICK INNINGS POTENTIAL

QI SR

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 innings of the batsman with highest strike rate. Quick Innings Strike Rate (QI SR) is the Relative SR of the batsmen in the 5 innings.

CRITERIA: Points For R SR In The Top 5 Inns by SR

RANK BATSMAN 1 2 3 4 5 QI SR RAT
TS AB de Villiers 119/61 102/59 77/47 26/18 104/73 144.19 150.00
1 AB de Villiers 119/61 102/59 77/47 26/18 104/73 144.19 150.00
2 JN Rhodes 57/39 39/31 40/37 41/43 56/74 107.42 111.74
3 WJ Cronje 38/31 90/82 44/41 55/56 39/41 106.89 111.19
4 HH Gibbs 74/53 37/31 47/41 48/45 116/119 106.55 110.84
5 Q de Kock 109/87 43/35 106/89 78/66 135/121 97.90 101.84
6 JH Kallis 37/30 104/94 89/97 52/58 49/58 92.95 96.70
7 G Kirsten 84/81 115/123 106/116 29/32 133/155 91.10 94.77
8 F du Plessis 133/115 120/112 60/63 51/56 62/77 85.21 88.65
9 DJ Cullinan 60/51 106/130 65/94 32/47 51/77 81.22 84.49
10 HM Amla 50/36 64/69 116/132 100/117 61/72 77.54 80.66

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 QIP TVO RAT
1 AB de Villiers 221.01 138.97 200.00 192.41 150.00 902.40
2 G Kirsten 224.27 200.00 156.82 193.79 94.77 869.64
3 JH Kallis 250.00 191.78 141.80 174.83 96.70 855.11
4 Q de Kock 193.97 145.39 159.61 200.00 101.84 800.82
5 HH Gibbs 173.29 141.02 164.07 169.31 110.84 758.53
6 WJ Cronje 148.05 138.97 168.28 120.00 111.19 686.49
7 F du Plessis 113.36 158.61 159.17 150.00 88.65 669.79
8 HM Amla 152.77 107.95 148.60 151.38 80.66 641.36
9 DJ Cullinan 90.39 119.64 145.69 119.31 84.49 559.52
10 JN Rhodes 101.47 90.37 161.06 86.21 111.74 550.85

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