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Stats: Most career runs made by players at each batting position in Test cricket

Daniel Vettori is the highest Test run-getter at No. 8 and No.9

It is often said that cricket is a batsman’s game and rightly so – many players have proved that statement by scoring tons of runs, breaking records and creating milestones for their respective countries in their careers. Some batsmen build their identities on fixed batting positions – like we only remember Sachin as a no.4 batsman for India in Tests, and Sunil Gavaskar as an opener, or say Kumar Sangakkara as a no.3 batsman for Sri Lanka.

Many players have taken their batting position to the next level by amassing an unimaginable amount of runs from their specific spot in the order, to have set standards for that particular batting position for upcoming generations’ batsmen.

For example, now Indian fans want to see Virat Kohli to bat like Sachin Tendulkar at no.4 for India in Tests. This is because Sachin has increased the value and importance of that position by scoring his most number of career runs at that batting position.

All batting positions in cricket are important and all the players batting at those positions have their own roles to play by.

Let’s take a look at most number of runs scored by players at each batting position in Test cricket.

Position Player Name Country Innings Runs Average
Opener (1&2) Sunil Gavaskar India 203 9607 50.30
3 Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka 219 10524 60.83
4 Sachin Tendulkar India 275 13492 54.40
5 Shiv Chanderpaul West Indies 151 6883 56.42
6 Steve Waugh Australia 79 3165 51.05
7 Adam Gilchrist Australia 100 3948 46.45
8 Daniel Vettori New Zealand 67 2227 39.77
9 Daniel Vettori New Zealand 53 1105 23.51
10 Waqar Younis Pakistan 48 496 11.81
11 M Muralitharan Sri Lanka 99 623 11.33
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