#3 Steve Smith
The former Australian captain was in the form of his life before he was banned as a consequence of the ball-tampering scandal. His Bradmanesque average of 61.37, rates him highly among the current lot of batters in Test cricket.
With his prowess in adverse conditions, if he could come back with the same vein of form after his ban, he could very well go past the tally of 15921 runs.
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Edited by Abhinav Munshi