Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Highest averages for India vs South Africa in Tests

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
IK Pathan (IND)	2004-2008	2	3	2	88	43*	88.00	169	52.07	0	0	0	9	1
JH Kallis (SA)	2000-2013	18	31	6	1734	201*	69.36	3906	44.39	7	5	1	173	11
S Muthusamy (SA)	2019-2025	3	5	2	207	109	69.00	484	42.76	1	0	0	20	2
Z de Bruyn (SA)	2004-2004	2	3	1	130	83	65.00	344	37.79	0	1	0	9	3
ND McKenzie (SA)	2001-2008	5	8	1	423	155*	60.42	849	49.82	1	2	0	52	1
V Kohli (IND)	2013-2024	16	28	2	1408	254*	54.15	2459	57.25	3	5	0	184	6
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1993-2000	8	15	2	688	153*	52.92	1303	52.80	2	3	1	75	5
V Sehwag (IND)	2001-2011	15	26	0	1306	319	50.23	1621	80.56	5	2	2	191	17
KD Karthik (IND)	2004-2007	3	4	1	148	63	49.33	369	40.10	0	1	0	19	0
AN Petersen (SA)	2010-2013	6	11	1	481	100	48.10	847	56.78	1	3	0	64	2
RJ Peterson (SA)	2004-2013	2	2	0	95	61	47.50	76	125.00	0	1	0	12	2
MA Agarwal (IND)	2019-2022	6	10	0	475	215	47.50	877	54.16	2	1	0	66	8
AM Rahane (IND)	2013-2022	13	22	3	884	127	46.52	1698	52.06	3	4	1	111	14
HM Amla (SA)	2004-2018	21	37	2	1528	253*	43.65	3383	45.16	5	7	4	181	3
L Klusener (SA)	1996-2001	9	15	3	520	108	43.33	801	64.91	2	1	0	58	7
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1992-2011	25	45	4	1741	169	42.46	3648	47.72	7	5	3	242	9
BM McMillan (SA)	1992-1997	10	18	5	551	103*	42.38	1313	41.96	1	4	1	48	3
KC Wessels (SA)	1992-1993	4	8	1	295	118	42.14	735	40.13	1	1	2	31	0
M Azharuddin (IND)	1992-2000	11	20	1	779	163*	41.00	1079	72.19	4	2	0	111	6
G Gambhir (IND)	2004-2011	6	10	0	409	96	40.90	858	47.66	0	4	0	54	1
D Elgar (SA)	2015-2024	15	28	3	1012	185	40.48	2279	44.40	2	4	2	124	8
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1992-1993	4	5	0	202	129	40.40	309	65.37	1	0	0	24	2
G Kirsten (SA)	1996-2001	10	19	1	720	133	40.00	1503	47.90	3	3	1	92	0
KD Petersen (SA)	2021-2023	4	7	0	278	82	39.71	506	54.94	0	3	0	38	0
AJ Hall (SA)	2004-2006	3	6	0	238	163	39.66	639	37.24	1	0	1	29	1
AB de Villiers (SA)	2006-2018	20	35	1	1334	217*	39.23	2451	54.42	3	6	2	147	11
RG Sharma (IND)	2013-2024	11	20	1	738	212	38.84	1143	64.56	3	0	3	86	22
GC Smith (SA)	2004-2013	15	27	1	987	94	37.96	1616	61.07	0	8	1	142	4
VVS Laxman (IND)	1996-2011	19	31	5	976	143*	37.53	2044	47.74	1	6	1	126	2
AC Hudson (SA)	1992-1997	10	20	1	690	146	36.31	1832	37.66	1	6	1	95	2
JN Rhodes (SA)	1992-1996	5	9	1	289	91	36.12	773	37.38	0	2	1	29	0
MW Pringle (SA)	1992-1992	2	2	1	36	33	36.00	42	85.71	0	0	0	3	2
GH Vihari (IND)	2019-2022	2	3	1	70	40*	35.00	161	43.47	0	0	0	10	0
AG Prince (SA)	2006-2011	11	18	3	519	121	34.60	1338	38.78	1	1	2	50	0
MV Boucher (SA)	2000-2011	14	20	4	546	70	34.12	995	54.87	0	5	1	61	2
MS Dhoni (IND)	2006-2013	12	20	1	647	132*	34.05	1156	55.96	1	2	1	85	6
T Bavuma (SA)	2015-2025	10	18	4	475	55*	33.92	1001	47.45	0	3	2	61	3
R Dravid (IND)	1996-2011	21	40	3	1252	148	33.83	3591	34.86	2	5	0	164	0
SC Ganguly (IND)	1996-2008	17	31	3	947	87	33.82	1712	55.31	0	7	4	129	6
PK Amre (IND)	1992-1993	4	6	1	169	103	33.80	529	31.94	1	0	0	18	0
B Kumar (IND)	2018-2018	2	4	1	101	33	33.66	252	40.07	0	0	0	11	0
T Stubbs (SA)	2024-2025	3	6	1	167	94	33.40	409	40.83	0	1	0	14	3
HH Gibbs (SA)	1996-2007	10	19	1	579	196	32.16	1125	51.46	2	1	3	91	3
Yuvraj Singh (IND)	2008-2008	1	1	0	32	32	32.00	57	56.14	0	0	0	6	0
GF Linde (SA)	2019-2019	1	2	0	64	37	32.00	136	47.05	0	0	0	8	1
CR Matthews (SA)	1992-1993	3	4	1	94	31	31.33	229	41.04	0	0	0	11	0
Zubayr Hamza (SA)	2019-2019	1	2	0	62	62	31.00	85	72.94	0	1	1	10	1
Washington Sundar (IND)	2025-2025	2	4	0	124	48	31.00	310	40.00	0	0	0	8	2
CA Pujara (IND)	2010-2022	17	29	0	882	153	30.41	2060	42.81	1	6	3	123	5
SM Pollock (SA)	1996-2007	12	21	5	464	79	29.00	962	48.23	0	3	3	57	2
M Jansen (SA)	2021-2025	7	10	1	261	93	29.00	385	67.79	0	2	2	28	9
RA Jadeja (IND)	2013-2025	11	16	1	434	91	28.93	722	60.11	0	3	2	36	9
D Dasgupta (IND)	2001-2001	2	4	0	114	63	28.50	443	25.73	0	1	0	12	0
WJ Cronje (SA)	1992-2000	11	21	2	524	135	27.57	1418	36.95	1	1	2	60	2
N Boje (SA)	2000-2001	4	4	0	106	85	26.50	263	40.30	0	1	0	13	0
HH Dippenaar (SA)	2001-2004	4	7	1	159	48	26.50	503	31.61	0	0	0	22	0
F du Plessis (SA)	2013-2019	12	22	0	582	134	26.45	1479	39.35	1	4	4	71	3
DG Bedingham (SA)	2023-2024	2	3	0	79	56	26.33	116	68.10	0	1	0	11	2
RR Pant (IND)	2021-2025	5	10	1	235	100*	26.11	343	68.51	1	0	1	21	8
RD Rickelton (SA)	2025-2025	2	4	0	104	35	26.00	191	54.45	0	0	0	14	0
KL Rahul (IND)	2018-2025	9	17	0	437	123	25.70	1057	41.34	2	1	1	60	6
M Vijay (IND)	2010-2018	12	22	1	531	97	25.28	1408	37.71	0	2	0	72	1
PS de Villiers (SA)	1996-1996	2	4	1	75	67*	25.00	219	34.24	0	1	1	6	1
W Jaffer (IND)	2000-2008	8	15	0	357	116	23.80	853	41.85	1	1	0	50	1
AM Bacher (SA)	1996-1997	3	6	0	141	55	23.50	289	48.78	0	1	1	23	1
HE van der Dussen (SA)	2021-2022	3	6	1	117	41*	23.40	341	34.31	0	0	0	9	0
AB Agarkar (IND)	2000-2001	2	3	1	45	41*	22.50	66	68.18	0	0	0	8	0
SV Manjrekar (IND)	1992-1996	5	9	2	155	46	22.14	589	26.31	0	0	1	11	0
VD Philander (SA)	2013-2019	8	15	3	263	59	21.91	641	41.02	0	1	4	30	2
S Dhawan (IND)	2013-2018	7	13	1	258	45*	21.50	563	45.82	0	0	2	35	0
S Badrinath (IND)	2010-2010	2	3	0	63	56	21.00	178	35.39	0	1	0	8	0
AR Patel (IND)	2025-2025	1	2	0	42	26	21.00	62	67.74	0	0	0	3	2
AK Markram (SA)	2018-2025	12	23	0	475	106	20.65	827	57.43	1	1	2	76	4
KS More (IND)	1992-1993	4	5	0	102	55	20.40	395	25.82	0	1	1	7	0
Q de Kock (SA)	2018-2021	7	14	0	282	111	20.14	403	69.97	1	0	3	44	3
SLV Raju (IND)	1992-1993	2	3	2	20	18	20.00	82	24.39	0	0	0	1	0
HH Pandya (IND)	2018-2018	3	6	0	119	93	19.83	173	68.78	0	1	1	16	1
PL Symcox (SA)	1996-1996	3	5	1	79	32	19.75	174	45.40	0	0	1	2	4
Shubman Gill (IND)	2023-2025	3	5	1	78	36	19.50	118	66.10	0	0	0	14	0
PWA Mulder (SA)	2021-2025	3	6	1	96	35*	19.20	204	47.05	0	0	0	13	0
T de Zorzi (SA)	2023-2025	4	7	0	134	49	19.14	270	49.62	0	0	0	13	3
SJ Cook (SA)	1992-1992	2	4	0	76	43	19.00	211	36.01	0	0	1	7	0
G Coetzee (SA)	2023-2023	1	1	0	19	19	19.00	18	105.55	0	0	0	2	1
M Prabhakar (IND)	1992-1993	4	6	0	112	62	18.66	422	26.54	0	1	0	9	0
A Jadeja (IND)	1992-2000	4	7	1	112	43	18.66	376	29.78	0	0	0	8	0
SS Das (IND)	2001-2001	2	4	0	72	62	18.00	162	44.44	0	1	1	15	0
R Ashwin (IND)	2013-2023	14	21	3	321	56	17.83	582	55.15	0	1	1	39	1
DJ Richardson (SA)	1992-1997	10	16	2	249	50	17.78	718	34.67	0	1	0	27	0
O Henry (SA)	1992-1993	3	3	0	53	34	17.66	173	30.63	0	0	0	5	1
M Kaif (IND)	2000-2000	1	2	0	35	23	17.50	109	32.11	0	0	0	3	0
NR Mongia (IND)	1996-2000	8	15	1	241	50	17.21	672	35.86	0	1	1	32	1
AR Kapoor (IND)	1996-1996	1	2	1	17	11	17.00	50	34.00	0	0	0	1	0
WD Parnell (SA)	2010-2010	2	2	0	34	22	17.00	96	35.41	0	0	0	6	0
YBK Jaiswal (IND)	2023-2025	4	8	0	133	58	16.62	233	57.08	0	1	2	22	2
V Rathour (IND)	1996-1997	2	4	0	66	44	16.50	224	29.46	0	0	0	6	0
JA Rudolph (SA)	2004-2004	2	4	0	66	61	16.50	189	34.92	0	1	1	7	0
TB de Bruyn (SA)	2019-2019	3	5	0	82	30	16.40	175	46.85	0	0	0	15	1
KA Maharaj (SA)	2018-2025	10	17	1	261	72	16.31	525	49.71	0	1	3	37	1
JL Ontong (SA)	2004-2004	1	2	1	16	16*	16.00	63	25.39	0	0	1	3	0
WP Saha (IND)	2010-2019	9	12	1	172	36	15.63	433	39.72	0	0	3	24	0

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa vs India at Guwahati, South Africa in India 2nd Test, Nov 22-26, 2025 [Test # 2609]

South Africa vs India at Eden Gardens, South Africa in India 1st Test, Nov 14-16, 2025 [Test # 2606]

Pakistan vs South Africa at Rawalpindi, South Africa in Pakistan 2nd Test, Oct 20-23, 2025 [Test # 2603]