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Top 10 South African Batsmen In Tests In India

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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 South Africa in India 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) SA
Venue (V) IND
Oposition (O) ALL

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 7
Min Runs 250

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS HM Amla SA 17 941 300.00
1 HM Amla SA 17 941 300.00
2 JH Kallis SA 15 760 242.30
3 AB de Villiers SA 15 630 200.85
4 G Kirsten SA 9 471 150.16
5 GC Smith SA 12 431 137.41
6 D Elgar SA 13 369 117.64
7 DJ Cullinan SA 7 323 102.98
8 T Bavuma SA 12 254 80.98

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 DJ Cullinan 7 1 323 1 53.83 68.69 300.00
1 DJ Cullinan 7 1 323 1 53.83 68.69 300.00
2 G Kirsten 9 0 471 2 52.33 65.76 287.19
3 HM Amla 17 2 941 4 62.73 65.66 286.75
4 JH Kallis 15 2 760 3 58.46 61.22 267.39
5 AB de Villiers 15 1 630 1 45.00 47.05 205.50
6 D Elgar 13 1 369 1 30.75 37.55 163.99
7 GC Smith 12 0 431 0 35.92 36.56 159.67
8 T Bavuma 12 1 254 0 23.09 30.76 134.34

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 DJ Cullinan 323 598 54.01 65.28 100.00
1 DJ Cullinan 323 598 54.01 65.28 100.00
2 GC Smith 431 756 57.01 60.20 92.22
3 G Kirsten 471 991 47.53 57.13 87.51
4 AB de Villiers 630 1247 50.52 52.35 80.19
5 D Elgar 369 830 44.46 47.76 73.16
6 T Bavuma 254 603 42.12 44.61 68.34
7 HM Amla 941 2229 42.22 43.98 67.37
8 JH Kallis 760 1907 39.85 42.89 65.70

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 HM Amla 253* 159 123* 114 81 146.00 300.00
1 HM Amla 253* 159 123* 114 81 146.00 300.00
2 JH Kallis 173 132 121 95 55 115.20 236.71
3 AB de Villiers 217* 85 63 53 44 92.40 189.86
4 G Kirsten 133 102 79 50 43 81.40 167.26
5 DJ Cullinan 153* 53 43 43 29 64.20 131.92
6 D Elgar 160 48 38 37 18 60.20 123.70
7 GC Smith 73 71 69 47 37 59.40 122.05
8 T Bavuma 55* 41 38 34 32 40.00 82.19

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 HM Amla 300.00 286.75 67.37 300.00 954.12
2 JH Kallis 242.30 267.39 65.70 236.71 812.10
3 G Kirsten 150.16 287.19 87.51 167.26 692.12
4 AB de Villiers 200.85 205.50 80.19 189.86 676.41
5 DJ Cullinan 102.98 300.00 100.00 131.92 634.89
6 GC Smith 137.41 159.67 92.22 122.05 511.35
7 D Elgar 117.64 163.99 73.16 123.70 478.49
8 T Bavuma 80.98 134.34 68.34 82.19 365.85

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
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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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