- Don Bradman 〈Australia〉
Test - 52, Runs -6996 , Average -99.94, 100s- 29, Highest Score - 334
The Great Don, Finishing with an average that has become the most well-known sports record, Bradman's aura made him a benchmark in the world's cricket, with every other legendary batter being measured against this charismatic Australian…
2.Sachin tendulkar 〈India〉
Test - 188, Runs - 15470, Average - 55.44,100s - 51,Highest Score - 248*
He was India's savior, the go-to man when in distress. Soley shouldering the responsibility of the mass Indian population for two and a half decades, Tendulkar's greatness lay beyond the record books and his logic-defying consistency
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3.Sir jack hobbs〈England⟩
Test - 61, Runs - 5410, Average - 56.94,100s - 15, Highest Score - 211.
The original 'master' of cricket, Hobbs was a pioneer of the sport, introducing several shorts to his armorySans professional coaching, Hobbs was the first batsman to average over 50 in test cricket and the first cricketer to be knighted by the queen, With Seven test centuries after the age of forty, including a hundred at 46, Sir Hobbs remains a pivotal influence for the modern-day batsman.
4. sir walter Hammond ⟨England〉
Test - 85,Runs - 7248, Average - 58.45,100s - 22, Highest score - 336*
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Sir walter Hammond's greatness can be summed up by the fact that he was constantly compared and contrasted with Don as the greatest batsman of the pre-war era. Sharing a parallel carrer with Bradman, Hummoned shared a riveting rivalry with an Australian, especially after breaking his world record by scoring 336 runs, the highest individual test score.
5. Brain Lara ⟨West indies⟩
Test - 131, Runs - 12053, Average - 52.28, 100s - 34, Highest Score - 400*
Faced with the uphill task of reviving the fortunes of Weast Indian cricketer after it had threatened to plunge into the abyss, Braun Lara had the dual duty of replicating the brilliance set by the likes of Sobers, Richards, and Headley. Ending his career with two first-class scores over 400, the Trinidadian provided the audience with a glimpse of the power that West indies cricket once boasted of.
6.Sir Garfield Sobers ⟨West indies⟩
Test - 93, Runs - 8032, Average - 57.78, 100s - 26,Highest scores - 365*
Combing an envious batting technique with the unmistakable brash Caribbean flair, Sir Garfield Sobers remains the greatest all-rounder to have played the game. The left-hander, who was as proficient on the off-side as he was while picking up his 235 wickets, was the first batsman in history to hit six sixes in an over against Malcolm Nash.
Holding the world record for the highest individual score in Tests after he scored 365 in just his fourteenth match, Sobers stood out from the West Indian team of legends who would go on to conquer the cricketing arena in the upcoming decade.
7.Jacques Kallis ⟨South Africa⟩
Tests- 150, Runs- 12260, Average- 57.02, 100s- 41, Highest Score- 224
“If world cricket was a museum and all the cricketers were priceless artworks, then Jacques Kallis would be this museum’s Mona Lisa—priceless and one in a billion.” This quote aptly sums up the aura of Jacques Kallis, the most consistent, beyond-perfect all-rounder that the world has seen. With a fixed determination that warded off all distractions, Kallis was awarded the most man-of-the-match awards in the history of Test cricket.
He remained a delight to the eyes, the classical and conventional unsung hero, whose feats often got lost in the midst of Ponting’s aggression or Tendulkar’s divinity
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8.Sir vivian Richards ⟨West indies⟩
Tests- 121, Runs- 8540, Average- 50.23, 100s- 24, Highest Score- 291
With his inane tendency to thwart the bowling attack all over the park, Viv Richards earmarked a name for himself as the most intimidating and dominating batsman that the bowlers had faced, long before the likes of Sehwag and Gilchrist entered the arena. With pitch-perfect timing and an attitude that exuded gallons of confidence, the batsman from the Caribbean, to date, is counted as the most feared cricketer of all generations.
9. Sunil Gavaskar ⟨India⟩
Tests- 125, Runs- 10122, Average- 51.12, 100s- 34, Highest Score- 236
Long before Tendulkar captured the imagination of the Indian sphere, Gavaskar trod the path to stardom, inspiring a nation to rub shoulders with the giants in the game. The first player to score 10,000 Test runs, Gavaskar’s play mode centered on a near-flawless technique with unmatched concentration levels.
To be the best, they say one has to have high standards against the best in the business, an area where Gavaskar flourished. 2749 runs at an average of 65 with thirteen centuries against the mighty West Indies of the 70s and 80s, also dubbed as the ‘Best Team to Have Ever Played Test Cricket,’ tells its own tale.
10. Greg Chappell ⟨Australia⟩
Tests- 87, Runs- 7110, Average- 53.86, 100s- 24, Highest Score- 247*
After joining the rebel World Series Cricket, missing two years of international cricket might have prevented him from being called Australia’s best batsman after Bradman. However, Greg Chappell, with awe-dropping records, still makes it to our list of the Top 10 Batsmen of All Time, piping Ricky Ponting.
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