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#3 No. 4: Jacques Kallis

Jacques Kallis pips Sachin Tendulkar and others to No. 4

From the easiest to the toughest.

The criteria throws up as many as 15 names. A very good sample considering all of them have played at least 80 innings at that number.

The legendary South African all-rounder, Jacques Kallis (9033 runs at 61.86) leads the chart. With more than 9000 runs at that number, one would feel there can’t be much doubt. But No. 4 (along with No. 3) is the spot which the team’s best batsman occupies.

Kallis faces steep competition from Greg Chappell (59.12), Sachin Tendulkar (54.40), Javed Miandad (54.10), Denis Compton (53.59), Inzamam-ul-Haq (52.90), Mahela Jayawardene (52.24) and Brian Lara (51.25).

Experts and fans will probably go for Tendulkar or Lara, but since we are being cold to everything else but numbers here, Kallis is the No. 4.