SA vs IND: Top 5 run-getters in South Africa-India Tests
India will begin their South African assignment with a three-match Test series. This hugely anticipated duel will commence on 26th December 2021. Over the years, batters from both countries have produced splendid performances with the willow when these two sides have clashed swords. In this article, let us take a look at the top 5 highest run-scorers in Tests played between India and South Africa.
5. Virender Sehwag
The 5th spot in the list is taken by Virender Sehwag. One of the most explosive Test openers of all time, Sehwag played 26 Test innings against the South African side and scored 1306 runs at a superb average of 50.23 and a fearsome strike rate of 80.56.
The ‘Nawab of Najafgarh’ also plundered 5 hundreds and 2 fifties against the Proteas. Sehwag is the only Indian batter to score a triple century against the South African side. He plundered a murderous 319 against the Proteas in Chennai in 2008.
4. AB de Villiers
AB de Villiers grabs a fourth place in the list. The South African legend has played 35 innings against India in Tests and has amassed 1334 runs at an average of 39.23. The 37-year-old also scored 3 hundreds and 6 fifties against the Indian side in Test match cricket.
AB de Villiers is the 4th highest run-scorer for the South African side in Tests and has scored 8765 runs in his career at an average of 50.66.
3. Hashim Amla
With 1528 runs in 37 innings, Hashim Amla is placed at the 3rd spot. Amla scored his runs at an average of 43.65, and also amassed 5 hundreds and 7 fifties against the Indian side in Tests.
Amla’s highest score against India is the magnificent 253* that he scored in Nagpur. The batting legend scored a total of 9282 runs in his Test career.
2. Jacques Kallis
Jacques Kallis loved playing against India and the numbers that the South African legend generated against the Indian side in Test cricket stand testimony to the same. Kallis scored 1734 runs in 31 innings against the Indian side in Test cricket and scored his runs at a mind-boggling average of 69.36.
Kallis scored a staggering 7 hundreds and 5 fifties against the Indian side in Tests. The cricketing icon scored 13289 runs in his Test career at a splendid average of 55.37.
1. Sachin Tendulkar
Topping the list is Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar. Tendulkar played 45 innings against South Africa and amassed 1741 runs at an average of 42.46 in Test cricket. The cricket legend also scored 7 centuries and 5 half-centuries against the Proteas. Tendulkar’s highest score against South Africa is the 169 that he plundered at New Lands in the year 1997.
Tendulkar is the highest run-scorer in the history of Test match cricket and scored 15921 runs in 200 Test matches. He retired from Test match cricket in the year 2013.
