Greatest Test Batsmen in the Last 35 Years | 1988-2023 | Top 20

[@aneeskemal4431]

Lara was the best. Stylish and exciting.

[@iqbalashraf9432]

It's not for highest individual score but highest individual centuries. Scoring 400 in a test is great achievement but scoring 51 centuries is extraordinary....

[@shettyshetty1412]

​@@iqbalashraf9432SACHIN US LUCKY BAHUT JYADA INNINGS KELNEY KA CHANCE MELA BUT BOTH GREAT

[@jvvoid]

I think the best to watch for this era was Mark Waugh. Lara #2.

[@hardto994]

Away average 46 which is very average

[@hardto994]

Averaged 39 in Australia

[@handyvickers]

All of those excellent batsmen... But who also got almost 300 Test wickets as well as 13000+ runs????? The one and only, incomparable, Jacques Kallis!

[@tomrankin3893]

Like watching paint dry.

[@rogerhinds6583]

In those days test cricket played alot so guys had more games and time to score runs and take wickets .....if test teams play less cricket individual playes cant make runs or break records ......no west indian can break records like lara own ....not enough cricket

[@faeqnaveed3098]

@@rogerhinds6583 I completely agree with u..

[@rogerhinds6583]

I think jaces kalis and garfield sobers are the greatest alrounders of the cricket game

[@handyvickers]

@@tomrankin3893 then you'd have loved watching Boycott, Bailey, et al... There's not one test side in the world, in any era, that wouldn't want Kallis in their side.

[@saintpauli7566]

It makes me want to spew saying this as an Aussie but Alaistair Cook should be in this list somewhere.

[@aussierhino471]

I agree - was surprised to see him not included - am assuming Gavaskar, Border and Richards were omitted due to time frames.

[@boymeetsbush8232]

Agree. Also Kevin Pietersen

[@tomrankin3893]

I agree.

[@neilpountney9414]

Given playing conditions in England very few of our batsmen will ever make Top 10/20/50 lists based on averages or runs scored. Cook absolutely should be in any top 20 of that era. As an Englishman I say this all the time. We love to hate the Aussies but when they retire and become commentators or journalists we end up loving most of them. Richie Benaud was one of the very best of all time. Miss him to this day.

[@Shilfy8]

Not when you consider his career was full of failures, to get 10,000 but only average 45 shows immense inconsistency

[@kapilagrawal5777]

While mostly I agree with your list, but I strongly feel that Hashim Amla should make to this list. He has won many tough matches for SA in difficult conditions. While everyone will have their own favorites, in my opinion the top 5 test batters purely from match winning/saving impact is: Lara/Sangakara/Ponting/Kallis/Younis Khan. Great video bdw :)

[@satishsunthankar382]

Because Gavaskar retired in 1987 and this video for the batsmen is concerned with the batsmen between 1988to2023.

[@lionelduplessis9913]

Share your sentiments that Amla should make the list. Imagine if Amla had a career of the same length as Tendulkar or Kallis? But then it would be very difficult to leave someone else off the list also, everyone on the list absolutely deserves to be there

[@jvvoid]

Match winning/saving??.. Stephen Waugh.

[@kapilagrawal5777]

@@jvvoid completely agree. Steve Waugh was a great test batter and even greater captain.

[@jvvoid]

@@kapilagrawal5777 Ganguly and Dravid are two more that were usually very difficult to remove.

[@faeqnaveed3098]

Kaliis is unbelievable.. The best cricketer ever I think with that batting record he has taken almost 300 test wickets just incredible..

[@sauron2000000]

Clive Rice was probably better.

[@piyushtiwari4190]

​​@@sauron2000000😂😂😂😂😂😂 You are comparison Kallis with someone who has played 3 international games, you need medical checkup😢.

[@sauron2000000]

@@piyushtiwari4190 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆 Narrow minded modern fan

[@sauron2000000]

@@piyushtiwari4190 As BJP bois say: Padhai karlo thoda🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@philhogan5623]

Kallista scored a lot of runs but he scored them slowly. He was more of a match-saver than a match-winner. I'd rather have someone like Gilchrist who could totally change the course of a match in a session and put it out of reach of the opposition.

[@kevinjmj2266]

The records of Sachin, Greg Chappell, Viv Richards and Gavaskar are virtually indistinguishable from a purely stats point of view. The only difference with Sachin is the length of his career. He played 329 innings vs Chappell with 151. Personally, I think Chappell is highly underated. No-one admits to liking him because of the underarm incident. But, he to me is the most elegant of players.

[@rballad142]

Sachin’s average is inferior to Sangakkara

[@arunsikka2609]

​@@rballad142 Sachin's average outside home is almost 10 runs/inn higher than Sanga. Sanga pounced on flat tracks in Sri Lanka, especially against Bangladesh and Pakistan. His away stats are also praiseworthy with avg of around 44-45 (most, including a lot in this list too, would die for it), but not Sachin's level. He was an equal beast, at home or away.

[@Shilfy8]

You really need to learn to read!!!! It's from 1988 onwards Gavaskar retired in 87 😅

[@francestebb2970]

Great players there number one would be viv Richards never seen a player who could destroy bowling attacks like viv.

[@joshuahenry9135]

Good list. Cook and Amla should be in but at whose expense? And Lara is my #1

[@hardto994]

Lara couldnt bat in Autralia averaged 39

[@gautamkumardas1971]

Why the name of great Suny Gavaskar left behind ? He was greatest opening batsman in test cricket. He was the first batsman to reach 10, 000 runs in test cricket. First batsman to reach 34 centuries and one only test opening batsman to score 774 in his debut test series and the that was against mighty West Indies in the 1971 at West Indies.

[@niranjannaik8787]

I am as puzzled as you

[@rangavembar]

It is not about greatest opening batsman, but greatest in general. I agree with you that he was the greatest opening batsman...but the impact one has is important.

[@shilpiverma4293]

The list is of the last 35 years. Hence Gavaskar's name is not there. He retired in 1987, 36 years back.

[@gautamkumardas1971]

@@shilpiverma4293 Yes correct. I overlooked the years. Then it is ok. Sorry for my fault. I am at the age of 73 years so mistake may arise. Thank you very much to make me rectify in this regard.

[@atanudey8998]

Gavaskar retired on 1987 that's don't take what's app Gyan😎😎😎

[@MH77391]

Good list. Can't really argue with anyone in it. My personal favourite has been Brian Lara but no problem with Tendulkar ahead of him

[@rballad142]

List should be based on averages not the author’s personal favourites.

[@hardto994]

Lara was a flat track bully. His away average was 46.Shouldnt be in the top fifty.

[@peterdottin171]

AB de Villiers should be top ten, had all the shots could bat fast or slow in context of match could entertain like Lara or wall up like Dravid.

[@cameronharris8039]

Amla , Michael Clarke, Kevin Peterson Alistair Cook, Ross Taylor, Stephen Fleming,Mark Richardson Gilchrist, Mark Waugh, NathanAstle, Langer, Hussey,VVS Laxman,Gayle,Andy Flower, Aravinda deSilva, Jayasuriya,Ganguly and Attapattu aswell, but at the expense of who in the list? All are greatly deserving of their position

[@Mayhem-train]

Hussey was better than all them except amla

[@davesmith4807]

What no Adam Gilchrist the man who in a matter of 3/4 overs could destroy a bowling attack and lots of others who should be in the list.

[@MrManie777]

1 Bradman 2 Gavaskar 3 Sachin 4 Lara 5 Dravid.

[@mtnstrand2819]

How can Dravid be ahead of Kallis???

[@yunuspatel4919]

Gavaskar was of earlier period with the likes of Lloyd, Richards, greenidge, Haynes, Majid Khan, Mudassar Nazar, Miyandad, Chappell bros,. Mendis, Dias, boycott, tavare, gooch,.gower, lamb, vengsarkar, vishwanath, so forth n so on

[@tomrankin3893]

Greg Chappell second only to Viv from that era.

[@PhillipBrown-t7m]

Sunny was the man great great opening batsman who succeeded against every attack

[@VJR2345]

My top 5 technic wise 1. Rahul Dravid 2. Yousuf Youhana 3. Jaques Kallis 4. Kumara Sangakkara 5. Shivnarayan Chanderpal

[@Mayhem-train]

Mike Hussey

[@harryharry575]

Brian Lara from one to ten .

[@kokmuncher6702]

Steve smith is number 1 by a mile, I’ve never seen another batsmen where the bowling team are completely lost as to how to bowl to him, It’s also how he scored he’s runs he doesn’t just have the best average of any batsmen since Bradman, he often scored his runs when the bowling was good when the batsmen at the other end are getting bowled out. Smith is the main reason Australia remained a good test side after the retirements of Ponting and Clarke, since Clarke retired smith made himself the guy that when Australia get into trouble he really digs in

[@Mayhem-train]

No 4th innings game saving draw hundred is the only downfall to your argument for smith and is why i can’t have him number #1

[@debasishdeka]

1) sachin 2) Lara 3) kallis 4) ponting 5) sanga 6) smith 7) dravid 8) Waugh 9) chanderpaul 10)Cook

[@mtnstrand2819]

Great list!

[@Babamudasir]

Lara is ahead of Sachin in test cricket and in oneday cricket it is vice versa.

[@avr9747]

no.

[@aniksadhukhan8477]

No sachin average is better than Lara.

[@syedkhalakahamad3511]

OK then sangakara s average is better than Sachin

[@piyushtiwari4190]

Sachin has more centuries, more runs & better average, so how?

[@TariqSaleem]

Agree...Laras ability to score big and in all condition was unmatched. Def the best test batsman. Tendulkar the better all format player

[@faronanderson2536]

Some great names.Legends of the game.I miss watching them all playing.A golden era past.

[@eamarasiri3563]

Sanga was the best 🎉

[@ayanchakrabarti1158]

Lara is the Number 1 not Tendulkar. Scoring most runs and centuries doesn’t make Sachin better than Lara. No one got Lara’s flair, elegance and genius traits.

[@SulabhSharma-ut6ko]

Sachin has a better record in SENA countries and Australia which makes him a better player in difficult conditions.

[@hardto994]

Lara was hopless I watched his whole career number 1 for overated. Give me one instance where the Windies were 5 for not many and Lara turned the match. It never happened.

[@dwchitale644]

The real test is what was the quality of bowling and fielding any batsman faced.

[@tomrankin3893]

Good point. That undermines the Aussies of Warne, McGrath era.

[@battievandermerwe9121]

Same goes for SA - Donald, Pollock and Steyn​@@tomrankin3893

[@eamarasiri3563]

Sanga has got the highest average ..🎉

[@asisakumarsingh5825]

I see a lot of comments stating that Sachin played most maches, so he scored most centuries, but why don't they think that playing so many matches is also parameter for deciding the rank. Because if u haven't this ability that means u are somehow less efficient.

[@Shilfy8]

James Anderson has played more matches, did that make him a better batsman than those on this list?

[@foodstouch8179]

Lara is the greatest batsman of all time Very stylish, Very dominant

[@peterbowen8976]

Don bradman mile in front

[@RuanAntunes7]

As good as Brian Lara was there are still 3 names above him. 1. Sir Donald Bradman 2. Sachin Tendulkar 3. Jacques Kallis

[@SamDhaliwal-c8n]

Do not forget the Great South African, who was rated as the Best Left Handed Batsman, according to Sir Don Bradman, as the best batsman he ever say play and that is Graeme Pollock, with an average of 60.97 and also the Great West Indian Player , nicked named as the Black Bradman, I mean George Headley, with an average of 60.83. Also do not forget, Sir Everton Weeks- the only man to score 5 consecutive Centuries in Test Cricket with an average of 58.62. Also worth mentioning is that none of the above mentioned Players wore Helmets or Arm Guards and also faced the most hostile bowlers of that time . My Salute to these Players

[@hardto994]

Lara was hopless and grossly overrated. Never dominated couldnt score against the Aussies.

[@PatrickWelch-b2x]

Mr Alistair C top 5 easily!

[@frasergibson5763]

Anyone who hasn’t scored 10,000 Test runs shouldn’t be above someone who has. Also, where is Sir Alastair Cook?

[@daviddorfan9023]

not in the list given his lifetime average was below 45

[@hariprasadkaranam6540]

Sir vivian richards great player every body afraid of him when he is coming to play

[@simonkrebs6043]

Lara beats them all it is not even close. None of these other batsman could destroy and humiliate a world class attack like he could. Bradman would agree !

[@hardto994]

Lara is hopless Never saw him score runs in Australia. All his big scores were on flat tracks in dead rubbers. Did he ever win a match on his own bat?

[@simonkrebs6043]

Lara never scored runs in Australia ? WTF Well there was a 277 of 372 balls in Sydney in 1993 to win the test. He smash a top Aussie attack all round the park and was only run out in the end. Shane Warne, Merv Hughes, Craig McDermot, and Greg Mathews. So no bunnies there. So in : 1993 he scored 466 runs at 58.25 in 5 tests 1997 he scored 467 runs at 46.90 in 5 tests He also smashed Warne and McGrath for 213 in a test in 1999 as well as 226 when he was too old in 2005 in Adelaide. In total he scored 8 centuries against Australia. Put your clown shoes on and go and bowl a "Flipper Son".@@hardto994

[@gregoryjohn4]

Can't argue that most of those batsmen deserve to be on the list. But the order is always debatable.

[@tomrankin3893]

I agree with this. A bit why I would have Viv second only to the Don as ATG.

[@Dr.Krishna_Lingamneni]

Fantastic job

[@peribalakrishna3669]

Commendable collection

[@gavinhenderson5862]

Amazingly few from the greatest test nation of the last 35, and for all of history.

[@ish4ra]

1. Steve Smith 2. Sagakkara 3. Jacques Kallis (If we talking about 1988-2023 test batsmans)

[@D.ThirumalaikumarKumar]

Flat pitch heroes list .

[@ish4ra]

@@D.ThirumalaikumarKumar wtf? whata stupid logic. if we talking about flat pitch heroes real flat pich heroes are 1. Viraj Kohli 2. Sachin Tendulkar

[@Green-6937]

Sachin's average started to decline after 185th test he averaged 56 to 56.5 till then.. It started to decline.. Kallis and sanga retired 2 or 3 years younger too.. If they continued up to 39.5 years of age it may happen to them too.. He scored 51 hundred from 177 tests.. @56.95...Only player who averaged 40 plus in all countries he played.. I think he is better than any one.. Scoring well in all four Sena countries is Great.. But brian lara is the most entertaining and dominating. .sanga struggled in South africa, Wi and India..Kallis in England, Srilanka,and Bangladesh...

[@ish4ra]

@@Green-6937 what a stupid logic

[@hemlatasarvaiya785]

​@@Green-6937ok

[@chriscantrill67]

My vote is with Smith or Sangakara. They had the best averages as well.

[@aganta001]

Dravid and Laxman should be part of this list along with Sunil Gavaskar

[@nagarajmreddy878]

Yes You are right . Dravid for solidarity and VVS Laxman for playing at crucial times scoring runs

[@Mayhem-train]

Laxman ain’t in the top 40

[@nagarajmreddy878]

@@Mayhem-train Not correct just to count on runs only. The crucial times how a batsman scores and saves team also should be considered. Laxman scored and won the matches when others failed . He was a saviour

[@abhijitpatil661]

Quite right❤

[@hannotn]

Gilly's the best, because while he may not have the stats of some of these guys, he was a hundred times more fun to watch.

[@bobito8997]

Steve Waugh would be the first name on my team sheet. The guy got runs when nobody else could. Regularly.

[@ashitbiswas625]

Strike rate must have to be considered, which is an important predictor of winning matches. MoM may also be considered.

[@GhanshyamGandecha]

Names like Gavaskar and Richard should be in prioritise.

[@kokmuncher6702]

Last 35 years half their careers where longer ago then that

[@suarez01]

Gary Sobers?Aleister Cook?Hashim Amla?Viv Richards?Michael Clarke?David Warner?Alan Border?Sunil Gavaskar?

[@gauravlangote....9898]

Chandrapur 100-34

[@evenkat6780]

What is the basis of sachin as No 1 ?

[@kokmuncher6702]

Sachin and Lara, both boosted their stats by cashing in against sides like Bangladesh and Zimbabwe and the other mino nations

[@hardto994]

Laras away average was 46. He is the most overrated

[@eesamalik9451]

For me it is Steve Smith because he has highest average of 58.32❤❤❤

[@rajanireddy5271]

Well if he averages over 200 test matches.... No problem.. Will definitely accept that.

[@Mayhem-train]

Ponting averaged 60 in his 100th test!!!

[@Mayhem-train]

Never made a 4th innings ton

[@lindsayj56]

Lara and Tendulkar in their own league at 1 & 2, could be either of them in the number 1 spot. Next 3 in similar level would be 3. Ponting, 4. Kallis, 5. S. Smith. A bit below that level I would go 6. Sangakara, 7. Hayden, 8. Williamson, 9. Yousuf, 10. Kholi

[@NikhileshSurve7428]

Should've shown number of matches too in the stats. Would've been interesting to see who played 100+ & 150+ Test matches.

[@PeterM8987]

Brian Lara is the GOAT.

[@hardto994]

Viv was twice as good as Lara

[@kwesimctaire3783]

How Sachin is above SIR Lara is beyond me. Lara single handly won games for hus team. Lara is the Greatest batsmen of all Time. Even the great shane Warne and Muli said Lara was their hardest batsmen to play againist.

[@rodpenhall10]

Would love to know the criteria for ranking these players.

[@SanG-tc3gb]

Post 80s many good batsmans emerged as openers ,amongst them most notable are sunil gavaskar ( tests ) sachin tendulkar ( odi ) are best....others near ard desmand heynes, gilchrist , abd villier, rohit sharma ( odi )

[@rangavembar]

There is definitely a lot of subjectivity and personal bias in this list. For me, Sehwag is definitely in the top 10. I will purely go by the impact a player has had on match results.

[@iqbalashraf9432]

Impact innings is a subject now a days when t20s introduced also somewhat required for onedays. But in test matches those days it was class, patience and temperament matter. Sehwag is a great player. He has changed the attitude of how to play test matches and his many innings are ever memorised in the test match history book. But we can't ignore the effort of a player who has scored 51 centuries against all test playing nations at their home, at his own country and even in international venues. We know how much pressure was on him during his playing days... Just imagine in a test match in Chennai he was Playing against Pakistan where the bowling greatest Akram, Waqar Yunis, Shoiab Akthar and Saqlain Mushtaq were the there. India was close to victory and Sachin Tendulkar playing on 136. He had severe back pain and he got out. Then the entire team got out of next 17 runs. It's Pakistan's one of the greatest test win. You can imagine what a test player he was.

[@Mayhem-train]

So is devillers

[@rangavembar]

@@Mayhem-train Not in Tests.

[@Mayhem-train]

Devillers batted for the team, the South African top order scored to slow, i believe AB often sacrificed himself for the team, just my opinion, but I think if you needed anyone to make a 100 on your life in any conditions i would have to go with AB Devillers

[@rangavembar]

@@Mayhem-train Isn't there a saying that everyone can have an opinion. For me it Sehwag for impact. I stick with it. ABD was a great white ball cricketer. He was my favourite in that form of the game. In Tests my favourite was Sehwag.

[@robinownhouse9144]

The best innings I have ever seen at St Georges Park South Africa in the last 30 years was Mark Weighs ton against the finest S.A attack of Donald,De Villiers,Brian Macmillan etc.He batted the whole day and saved the test match.Classy act.Sorry he is not the list.

[@manojm8589]

Lara

[@manoalex6575]

Best batsmen WITHOUT HELMET...Zaheer Abbas and Sunny Gavasker...With Helmet ..Brian Lara.

[@MrSandsd99]

Your channel is called Crickstats but the only thing you didn't use to rank these is "stats", a bit strange??? Maybe the stats didn't fit the narrative? Boost the sub continent players up a bit and get more likes?

[@ashwin3133]

Sir vivian Richard. Adam Gilchrist. Sunil Gavaskar name missing on this this list

[@simonjagdeo2227]

For me Lara was the best 👌

[@GP-ud7fr]

Nope -> lack of consistency and gave 2 many chances during an innings.

[@gregoryjohn4]

As incredible as Lara’s 400 was, it turned out to be memorable only for the fact that it was a world record score. The match was drawn and will not be remembered other than for Lara’s score. Lara should have declared long before he reached 400 to give his team a realistic chance to dismiss England twice. Would you rather score a big hundred and win the match? Or post a world record personal score in an otherwise forgettable draw? I’m guessing that 99% of players would take the win over the personal milestone. Brian Lara as captain should have put his team first and declared 200 runs and hours earlier. That was a massive error of judgement on his part and, in my opinion, points to a level of personal greed and selfishness. Compare that to Mark Taylor (also captain) who declared on 334 not out against Pakistan, only needing one more run to post what would have been the highest individual score by an Australian, and a handful of runs short of what would have been the highest individual score in test cricket. Instead, he put his team first and declared the innings closed when he thought that his team had enough runs, in order to chase a win. His innings is still remembered for his personal selflessness. Yes that match also ended up a draw, but the mindset of each player (both captains) is totally contrasting. One seemed focused on personal glory, while the other was focused on his team and the result at the cost of personal glory. It’s for that reason that I mark Lara down. Certainly not because of his batting which was exceptional.

[@simonjagdeo2227]

@@gregoryjohn4 you have to remember that he broke the word record twice

[@hardto994]

Lara was not a match winner. All his big scores were in flat batting track draws.

[@Azeem.963]

Where are all time greats Sunil Gavaskar,Vivian Richards,Allan Border,Gordon Grenidge,Javed Miandad,Martin Crowe,they were all Greats in real......😎

[@battievandermerwe9121]

To settle this argument in terms of the Bradman measure, which is consistency - the highest average, I did an analysis on the top six batsmen in terms of average, who scored more than 10 000, runs in order to determine the pecking order in terms of quality or "greatness". Steve Smith(6 on this list) is not incuded, as he has not made 10 000 runs yet, has not completed his carreer and is a cheat. The six analyzed were Sangakara, Kallis, Sachin, Lara, Dravid and Ponting. All played in excess of 232 innings and had carreers spanning more than 15 years. Rating points, 1 to 6 were awarded. 1 being the best and 6 the worst. The player with the least amount of total points has therefore the best rating in terms of greatness. The categories analyzed were: 1.Average 2.centuries as a percentage of total amount of innings 3.conversion rate 50 to 100 4.50 plus scores as pecentage of total amount of innings. 1. Average: Sanga. 57.40 = 1 Kallis. 55.37 = 2 Sachin. 53.78 = 3 Lara. 52.88 = 4 Dravid. 52.31 = 5 Ponting 51.85 = 6 2. Centuries as percentage of total amount of innings: Sanga 16.30% = 1 Kallis 16.07% = 2 Lara. 14.65% = 3 Ponting 14.28%= 4 Dravid 12.50% = 5 Sachin 9.69% = 6 3. Conversion rate 50 to 100: Kallis 43.68% = 1 Sachin 42.85% = 2 Sanga. 42.20% = 3 Lara. 41.46% = 4 Ponting 39.80%= 5 Dravid. 34.61% = 6 4.50 plus scores as pecentage of total innings: Sanga 38.62% = 1 Kallis. 36.78% = 2 Sachin 36.17% = 3 Ponting 35.88%= 4 Lara. 35.30% = 5 Dravid. 34.61% = 6 Total amount of rating points: 1. Sanga = 6 2. Kallis = 7 3. Sachin. = 14 4. Lara. = 17 5. Ponting. = 19 6. Dravid = 22 Kumar Sangakara is the MAN, with Kallis a close second! Please note the following criteria was not brought into consideration: 1.Not out %tage of total amount of innings: Kallis 14.20% = 1 Dravid 11.18% = 2 Ponting 10.10%= 3 Sachin. 9.69% = 4 Sanga. 7.29% = 5 Lara. 2.58% = 6 2. Man of the match awards as a %tage of total matches played: Kallis 13.85% = 1 Sanga 11.94% = 2 Ponting 9.52%= 3 Lara 9.16% = 4 Sachin. 7.00% = 5 Dravid. 6.70% = 6 3. Man of the series awards: Kallis. 9 times = 1 Sachin 5 times = 2 Sanga 4 times = 3 Ponting4 times= 3 Lara 4 times = 3 Dravid 4 times = 3 The not out stat confirms the value a player puts on his wicket (concentration), and the last 2 stats, the impact the player has had on results. These are attributes confirming the real greats - had these facts been brought in contention, the already favourable scores for Kallis and Sangakara would have been even more lopsided. As TEST BATSMEN, statistically they are the top 2 in the Plus 10 000 run club - include Sanga's keeping, and Kallis' bowling and fielding, and you have 2 of the world's greatest TEST cricketers ever!

[@hardto994]

Yeah well Lara average away from home is 46 and in Australia only 39 so he should not make the top 50.

[@mahendranv-jz2nm]

Where is my favourite ,Sir Viv Richards,?

[@gregrintoull8925]

Sub continent players averages boosted by low flat pitches . Sachin all time great. Some of the others couldn’t make many on pitches with seam and bounce.

[@silenta71]

Younis Khan , Sangakarra and Dravid have plenty of centuries in NZ, Eng, Aus, West Indies and South Africa, and big hundreds as well, so you are totally wrong.(King Kohli as well has loads of 100s outside sub continent)

[@manoalex6575]

If Sachin had played the Aussie and West Indies quicks. WITHOUT helmets. Arm . Rib cage paddings etc. Lillie..Thomo..Hogg.Len Pascoe..Andy Roberts..Malcom Marshall..Holding. Ambrose..Garner .Hadlee etc...i can guarantee that no of centuries or statistics would be a dream...So in my books .Many Indian Cricketers Starts from Sunny Gavasker. Vishy. Salim Durrani ..etc are and will be the bench marks for judging how they had the Guts and Skill to play against such killer bowlers...instead of hiding against helmets and protection. So I don't valve any greatness accorded to Cricketers who played post the Without Helmet ERA ..You play to watch how batsmen handle Raw express pace on Green Tops.. fast and bouncy without helmet .. that's the yardstick.

[@SulabhSharma-ut6ko]

@@silenta71 Still Sachin leads the way in the overseas record which makes him the best after Sir Bradman

[@surendranathpavuluri]

Sunil Gavaskar and Rahul Dravid deserve a place in the top 20

[@howardirving-n5k]

Lara is definitely the Best

[@zainquadri1206]

One name which should immediately spring to mind is Waseem Jaffer... Waseem's style was that he opened the batting and continued to just play on for the next 4 days scoring 3 runs not out... His strategy was whatever ailment the feilding side was suffering from they would eventually succumb to it... One fielder had the common flu and died of frustration on the 3rd day, another fielder had a splinter in his toe and died of boredom on the 4th day and India won... TRUE STORY...

[@stockmarketmindset]

Bhai kuch bhi he was good and my favourite aalso bit unlucky but what's the topic ? And what r u saying

[@rupertgreaves7544]

Why was 35 years used as the benchmark ?

[@vishodhanmahaskar3385]

Seems you are crazy

[@stockmarketmindset]

@@vishodhanmahaskar3385 or his real name is WASIM JAFAR

[@stockmarketmindset]

No sir no such story .he was a classy bat but no such story

[@sacredclown4179]

How can you place Smith at 6! "Cricket Stats" alone He is clearly the best! Champ you should rename your site "Cricket subjectivity" Can I ask are you Indian?

[@jemmothedwards912]

Y Viv Richards was left out come on y he has been discriminated against, totally bias

[@gandolfthorstefn1780]

This list is a joke without the Master blaster.

[@suhailumalkar7688]

Hashim amla, Alastair cook seems to be missing from that list

[@brentwithey4241]

Alistair Cooke is a good player but his average is down at 45 so you could not include him at the expense of anyone on this list

[@leebarnard5959]

As always there will be debate. Lara and Tendulkar deserve the top spots, Sachin played with the pressure of a nation and Lara in a sub standard side. I feel Hashim Amla should have been there as well, can't forget Langer, Gilchrist, Mark Waugh, Gavaskar, Miandad , Hadlee, the list goes on. We were blessed with amazing Test batsman over the last 35 years so there will always be debate but a great list non the less

[@hardto994]

Fact, Laras away average is 46 scored 400 and they still didnt win.

[@sharadsabnis8269]

Great Sunny.... Ask any west indian fiery bowler and he will tell you List is total bias

[@nareshsoni8848]

nice list and keep it up

[@tauseefmehdi9468]

Adam gilchrist must be there

[@Ushan442]

No cook or laxman?

[@nigelbradshaw2382]

Struggling to understand AB being higher than Chanders... is it because Chanders has a lower highest Test score...? Nothing else makes sense.

[@Mayhem-train]

AB is a level above chanderpaul!!!

[@kalaimathysivanantha2291]

Lara is the best

[@shammohammed9102]

Why is Viv Richards excluded? He was certainly one of the best 20.

[@connorduke4619]

He retired around 1990.

[@rogerhinds6583]

Lara the greatest tbe highest test score no one got

[@SulabhSharma-ut6ko]

Sachin was a bit better

[@rogerhinds6583]

@@SulabhSharma-ut6ko in what terms os he better .....did schin ever score a trippe century .....he may have moretest runs because his career started earlier

[@hardto994]

They should have declared should never have got that highest score.Mark Taylor would have beaten it but they declared. By the way how did that match finish did the Windies win . Lara was no match winner.

[@syedkhalakahamad3511]

Alistair cook name is missing easily into top 5

[@rakeshsaini2891]

Stats does not describe greatness but the class of a batsman which is determined on the basis of quality of bowling faced and other conditions of play. V.V.S Laxman should be amongst the top five. Brian Lara should be on top of the list.

[@hardto994]

Lara couldnt bat in Australia averaged 39

[@rakeshsaini2891]

@@hardto994 lara was more effective in test cricket.

[@hardto994]

Lara averaged 39 in Australia in test cricket and if you take out the Adelaide flat track he only averaged 27 in test cricket in Australia. Which means what. That he is hoplessly overated because of a couple of huge scores on flat decks that inflates his overall average.@@rakeshsaini2891

[@paythepiper6283]

I would've thought that test Avg's would determine this list and it's order.

[@Azeem.963]

Sunil Gavaskar is all time best test batsman....

[@dhruvgohil875]

Steve Smith 🔥 No 1

[@dennisleslie8962]

Tendulkar never made even 1 300, never held the test batting record or FC batting record. He played more tests than Lara and yet FAILED to reach those heights. Lara is by far the best batsman ever. He proved that many times over.

[@vinayt7897]

What was the result of that match where Lara scored 300. the match was a draw. If the result is not the criteria, then anyone can score 300s and 400s on a flat track. Will that make one great..?

[@SulabhSharma-ut6ko]

Sachin has the best Overseas record in SENA countries. makes him a cut above lara.

[@hardto994]

Lara was hopless all those big scores no team batted twice. Couldnt get any runs in bowler fiendly pitches. What did Lara average in australia 25.

[@jackfisher1265]

It's hard to just go on Test runs and Averages ,the likes of Cook and Root have had to cope with the ball jagging and seaming about for at least half of their careers.

[@suheiljogiyat3834]

No Amla?? He should be there in the top 5 atleast

[@brentwithey4241]

Is average is only 46 so doesn't deserve to be top 5 or anywhere even close.

[@JayendraPatel-zv1ro]

Without sunil gavasker and Rahul Dravid how could u complete this list?

[@abhyas369]

This list is a joke. Without Sunil Gavaskar any test cricket is incomplete 😮😮

[@shilpiverma4293]

Gavaskar was before 35 years. Here the list is of the last 35 years. Gavaskar retired in 1987, 36 years back.

[@stewartdavies929]

Assuming you misread the title of the video, you’re saying Gavaskar was better than Bradman? Lol ok

[@shilpiverma4293]

I guess u didn't read the text I was replying to. I m not comparing anyone with anyone. Someone wanted Gavaskar's name on the list. I just mentioned him the title of the video. Anyway considering Bradman to be the all time no 1 he didn't have to face the level of bowlers in the Gavaskar's era.

[@senavirathnabandara6118]

Sangakkara is best ❤❤❤

[@abhishekdasari9979]

What about azharuddin, who made three consecutive centuries in his first three matches.

[@PVBVAMSHIKrishna]

(1) Don bradman and(2) Sunil gavaskar then (3) Lara(4),Sachin

[@anujpawar8515]

In test Lara In odi kohli

[@RegiNC]

Nonsense, lara is the greatest. Sachin some where near 10

[@andynicholas1728]

The list comprises of players who's entire careers have been in this time frame including those still playing. The list is largely fine to me but Hashim Amla and Alistair Cook should both be in the top 20. I also feel Steve Waugh should be a bit higher. He is the one player on this list who did start his career more than 35 years ago BUT his pre 1988 record was very unremarkable, his breakthrough series was the 1989 Ashes. SW was a teak tough competitor with driven discipline and immense skill. He was the Aussie skipper at the height of their dominance. No argument with Tendulkar at 1 and Lara at 2. Very little to choose between them but if I had to pick someone to bat for my life it would be Sachin. He was a bit more consistent than BCL but on his day Brian was incomparable. I would put Ricky Ponting at 3, Sangakkara at 4 and Jaques Kallis at 5.

[@Mayhem-train]

You know your shit, verinda and devillers should be top 10 IMO

[@peeps977]

Kallis the best all-rounder ever in cricket history.

[@Sonuthethinker]

The time Sachin face flashes at no. 1 my eyes got wet. I got emotional. I think such feeling is prone every Indian

[@tonyrichardson7322]

Kallis is the best test player of all time. Batting and bowling averages elite.

[@gayatrip123]

Ok

[@Mayhem-train]

Nope

[@vasdevroopnarine5709]

No Gavaskar and Viv. Crazy

[@niranjannaik8787]

Crazy as hell

[@stewartdavies929]

Ffs can you read. Assuming you can’t, where is Don Bradman in your list of omissions?

[@souvikm100]

Rahul Dravid should be in top 5. Also I expected VVS in this list

[@somnathlahiri2701]

I strongly agree Rahul Dravid should be no 3 in the list

[@Mayhem-train]

Amla was a better bat than VVS and Michael Clarke and Mike Hussey were better than VVS