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Jacques Kallis
Cricket's greatest all-rounder — 13,000+ Test runs and 292 Test wickets.
▲ Steady·Score +19
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Best Cricket Batsmen of All Time
The greatest run-scorers and stroke-makers in the history of cricket — a debate that never ends.
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02
Joe Root
England's run-machine — surpassed 12,000 Test runs with exquisite technical mastery.
▲ Steady·Score +18
03
Rohit Sharma
The Hitman — three ODI double centuries and the cleanest pull shot in modern cricket.
▲ Steady·Score +11
04
Sunil Gavaskar
The Little Master who showed Test batting technique against the fiercest pace attacks.
▲ Steady·Score +10
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Don Bradman
The greatest — a Test average of 99.94 that no other batsman has come remotely close to.
▲ Steady·Score +9
06
Virat Kohli
The modern batting machine — 70+ international centuries and relentless consistency.
▲ Steady·Score +6
07
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Brian Lara
The Prince of Port-of-Spain — holder of the highest individual Test score of 400*.
▲ Steady·Score +5
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Sachin Tendulkar
The God of Cricket — 100 international centuries, 34,357 runs across all formats.
▲ Steady·Score +4
09
Ricky Ponting
Australia's greatest modern batsman — 13,378 Test runs and two World Cup-winning captaincies.
▲ Steady·Score +3
10
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Steve Smith
Australia's unorthodox genius — the best Test batsman of the post-Bradman era.
▲ Steady·Score +3
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Viv Richards
The Master Blaster — the most fearsome and dominant batsman in cricket history.
▲ Steady·Score +2
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Kumar Sangakkara
Sri Lanka's elegant left-hander — second highest Test run scorer of all time.
▲ Steady·Score +2
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