Tests - Best Asian Batsmen In Asia

Top 25 Asian Test Batsmen In Asia

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All Test Ratings on the website are from 01/01/1950 onwards (Know Why). They are updated till 2026-02-05. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section and at the end (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 25 Asian batsmen in matches In Asia in Test cricket.

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
4.1. Against All Teams
4.2. Against Top Teams
5. ATTACKING
5.1. Against All Teams
5.2. Against Top Teams
6. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL
6.1. Against All Teams
6.2. Against Top Teams
7. ASIANS IN ASIA RATING
8. BRIEF EXPLANATION
8.1. Dynamic Nature
8.2. Trend Setter (TS)
8.3. Top Teams (TT)
8.4. Abbreviations
FC RATING

Points to note about ASIANS IN ASIA Rating:-

  • Unfamiliar Conditions (UC) is Outside Asia for Asians and In Asia for Non Asians.
  • Familiar Conditions (FC) are the opposite.
  • This categorization has been done as there are more points for UC in our Overall Rating.

THE CRITERIA

The FC Rating is divided into 4 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Runs Scored 250.00
Consistent Average 400.00
Attacking Strike Rate 100.00
Big Innings Potential Top Scores 250.00

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT) 20
Min Career Runs 1000

PROLIFIC

The Eras

The time period from 1950 to present is divided into eras for this section. This is because less cricket was played earlier. To make it fair for earlier players they are compared with players of the same period with a slight reduction in points. Know More About Eras.

Era 1 MP before 1976
Era 2 MP between 1975 And 1996
Era 3 MP between 1995 And 2016
Era 4 MP greater than 2015

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK ERA 1 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS VL Manjrekar IND 1951 1965 1958 63 2491 210.00
1 VL Manjrekar IND 1951 1965 1958 63 2491 210.00
2 Hanif Mohammad PAK 1952 1969 1960.5 57 2310 194.74
3 CG Borde IND 1958 1969 1963.5 59 2209 186.23
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS SM Gavaskar IND 1971 1987 1979 133 6254 230.00
1 SM Gavaskar IND 1971 1987 1979 133 6254 230.00
2 Javed Miandad PAK 1976 1993 1984.5 111 5492 201.98
3 PA de Silva SL 1984 2002 1993 108 4431 162.96
4 DB Vengsarkar IND 1976 1992 1984 103 4405 162.00
5 M Azharuddin IND 1984 2000 1992 87 4291 157.81
6 GR Viswanath IND 1969 1983 1976 94 3885 142.88
7 Zaheer Abbas PAK 1969 1985 1977 63 2757 101.39
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS SR Tendulkar IND 1989 2013 2001 194 9674 250.00
1 SR Tendulkar IND 1989 2013 2001 194 9674 250.00
2 DPMD Jayawardena SL 1997 2014 2005.5 179 9399 242.89
3 KC Sangakkara SL 2000 2015 2007.5 165 9355 241.76
4 RS Dravid IND 1996 2012 2004 160 7370 190.46
5 Younis Khan PAK 2000 2017 2008.5 133 6926 178.98
6 V Sehwag IND 2001 2013 2007 114 6256 161.67
7 ST Jayasuriya SL 1991 2007 1999 124 5188 134.07
8 Inzamam-ul-Haq PAK 1992 2007 1999.5 108 5104 131.90
9 TT Samaraweera SL 2001 2013 2007 94 4275 110.48
RANK ERA 4 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS AD Mathews SL 2009 2025 2017 154 6043 230.00
1 AD Mathews SL 2009 2025 2017 154 6043 230.00
2 FDM Karunaratne SL 2012 2025 2018.5 119 5136 195.48
3 V Kohli IND 2011 2025 2018 102 4789 182.27
4 CA Pujara IND 2010 2023 2016.5 90 4515 171.84
5 LD Chandimal SL 2011 2025 2018 103 4509 171.62
6 Azhar Ali PAK 2010 2022 2016 94 4413 167.96

CONSISTENT

R Ave

Relative Average (R Ave) is a more accurate type of average. Know How It Is Calculated. Briefly, it takes into account:-

  • Strength of Opposition.
  • Positions at which a batsman has played.
  • Venues at which he has played.
  • Time Period in which he has been active

Criteria: Points For Relative Average

Min Qualification For TS
Min Runs 1500
Min Runs (TT) 1200

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 100s AVE R AVE RAT
TS KC Sangakkara 165 13 9355 30 61.55 56.83 160.00
1 KC Sangakkara 165 13 9355 30 61.55 56.83 160.00
2 V Sehwag 114 5 6256 18 57.39 55.66 156.71
3 Javed Miandad 111 15 5492 14 57.21 55.49 156.21
4 Younis Khan 133 14 6926 27 58.20 54.33 152.95
5 M Azharuddin 87 6 4291 16 52.98 53.84 151.58
6 SR Tendulkar 194 22 9674 33 56.24 53.64 151.01
7 SM Gavaskar 133 10 6254 19 50.85 53.50 150.62
8 CA Pujara 90 9 4515 14 55.74 52.55 147.93
9 DPMD Jayawardena 179 12 9399 28 56.28 52.50 147.80
10 DB Vengsarkar 103 16 4405 13 50.63 52.37 147.43
11 Zaheer Abbas 63 10 2757 8 52.02 51.66 145.42
12 Inzamam-ul-Haq 108 15 5104 15 54.88 51.14 143.96
13 TT Samaraweera 94 15 4275 11 54.11 50.59 142.43
14 V Kohli 102 11 4789 16 52.63 49.57 139.55
15 RS Dravid 160 16 7370 22 51.18 49.28 138.73
16 VL Manjrekar 63 9 2491 5 46.13 49.27 138.72
17 CG Borde 59 8 2209 5 43.31 48.60 136.81
18 GR Viswanath 94 7 3885 11 44.66 47.61 134.03
19 Hanif Mohammad 57 6 2310 8 45.29 47.42 133.49
20 LD Chandimal 103 11 4509 14 49.01 47.22 132.94
21 PA de Silva 108 10 4431 16 45.21 46.92 132.09
22 Azhar Ali 94 7 4413 13 50.72 46.74 131.59
23 ST Jayasuriya 124 9 5188 11 45.11 45.25 127.40
24 AD Mathews 154 22 6043 11 45.78 44.40 125.01
25 FDM Karunaratne 119 5 5136 13 45.05 44.29 124.69

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 100s AVE R AVE RAT
TS V Sehwag 82 3 4716 15 59.70 60.35 240.00
1 V Sehwag 82 3 4716 15 59.70 60.35 240.00
2 M Azharuddin 54 5 2572 10 52.49 57.16 227.30
3 Younis Khan 93 8 4943 19 58.15 56.60 225.06
4 Zaheer Abbas 40 8 1715 4 53.59 54.64 217.28
5 DPMD Jayawardena 124 5 6551 21 55.05 54.21 215.56
6 SM Gavaskar 112 8 5190 15 49.90 53.76 213.77
7 Inzamam-ul-Haq 52 5 2467 7 52.49 53.74 213.70
8 Javed Miandad 46 8 1931 3 50.82 53.53 212.85
9 KC Sangakkara 110 6 5691 16 54.72 53.49 212.71
10 V Kohli 71 8 3292 11 52.25 51.54 204.96
11 TT Samaraweera 57 11 2387 7 51.89 51.36 204.22
12 CA Pujara 68 6 3197 10 51.56 50.41 200.47
13 ST Jayasuriya 86 5 3775 9 46.60 49.58 197.17
14 PA de Silva 82 7 3439 14 45.85 49.58 197.14
15 DB Vengsarkar 89 13 3564 10 46.89 49.50 196.83
16 SR Tendulkar 120 10 5200 14 47.27 48.18 191.58
17 GR Viswanath 86 6 3550 10 44.38 47.87 190.38
18 CG Borde 53 8 1838 4 40.84 46.79 186.06
19 Hanif Mohammad 39 4 1472 5 42.06 46.43 184.62
20 VL Manjrekar 46 5 1667 2 40.66 44.96 178.79
21 AD Mathews 107 13 4175 7 44.41 44.84 178.30
22 RS Dravid 103 9 4114 10 43.77 44.69 177.72
23 Azhar Ali 65 5 2804 10 46.73 44.12 175.44
24 LD Chandimal 69 4 2811 6 43.25 43.91 174.61
25 FDM Karunaratne 75 2 2734 5 37.45 39.27 156.16

ATTACKING

R SR

Relative Strike Rate (R SR) is calculated using the same method as R Ave with average being replaced with SR. Batsman who were active in earlier times benefit from this as SR was generally low earlier.

R4BF

Balls played by batsmen for many inns is not available for earlier times. When such is the case, we have used Runs For Balls Faced (R4BF) to determine the Strike Rate. This is the runs scored by the batsman for the available data of balls.

CRITERIA: Points For R SR

Min Qualification For TS
Min Runs 1500
Min Runs (TT) 1200
Min Average 25

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN R4BF BF SR R SR RAT
TS N Kapil Dev 2837 3482 81.48 92.00 40.00
1 V Sehwag 6256 7364 84.95 83.85 36.46
2 ST Jayasuriya 5188 7966 65.13 68.58 29.82
3 Zaheer Abbas 2051 3492 58.73 66.97 29.12
4 M Azharuddin 3796 6697 56.68 61.66 26.81
5 Inzamam-ul-Haq 5104 9399 54.30 56.35 24.50
6 V Kohli 4789 8169 58.62 55.69 24.21
7 SR Tendulkar 9663 17869 54.08 54.76 23.81
8 PA de Silva 3812 7607 50.11 54.53 23.71
9 KC Sangakkara 9355 16962 55.15 54.30 23.61
10 SM Gavaskar 4453 9572 46.52 54.15 23.54
11 Younis Khan 6926 12900 53.69 53.15 23.11
12 GR Viswanath 2331 5237 44.51 52.98 23.04
13 DPMD Jayawardena 9399 17878 52.57 52.22 22.70
14 FDM Karunaratne 5136 9672 53.10 51.01 22.18
15 Javed Miandad 3934 8622 45.63 50.10 21.78
16 VL Manjrekar 74 228 32.46 NA 21.74
17 Hanif Mohammad 0 2 0.00 NA 21.74
18 CG Borde 20 43 46.51 NA 21.74
19 DB Vengsarkar 2733 6332 43.16 49.00 21.31
20 LD Chandimal 4509 8850 50.95 48.16 20.94
21 CA Pujara 4515 9031 49.99 47.98 20.86
22 TT Samaraweera 4275 9013 47.43 46.58 20.25
23 AD Mathews 6043 12442 48.57 46.23 20.10
24 RS Dravid 7370 16859 43.72 44.38 19.30
25 Azhar Ali 4413 10247 43.07 42.06 18.29

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN R4BF BF SR R SR RAT
TS N Kapil Dev 2240 2720 82.35 94.79 60.00
1 V Sehwag 4716 5508 85.62 84.91 53.75
2 ST Jayasuriya 3775 5881 64.19 68.90 43.61
3 Zaheer Abbas 1138 2063 55.16 64.03 40.53
4 M Azharuddin 2411 4261 56.58 62.32 39.45
5 Inzamam-ul-Haq 2467 4473 55.15 58.06 36.75
6 V Kohli 3292 5746 57.29 55.27 34.98
7 SR Tendulkar 5200 9734 53.42 54.26 34.35
8 Younis Khan 4943 9128 54.15 54.06 34.22
9 SM Gavaskar 3791 8336 45.48 53.83 34.07
10 GR Viswanath 2331 5237 44.51 53.41 33.81
11 KC Sangakkara 5691 10702 53.18 53.28 33.73
12 PA de Silva 3029 6320 47.93 52.72 33.37
13 DPMD Jayawardena 6551 12770 51.30 51.80 32.79
14 Javed Miandad 1574 3572 44.06 50.30 31.84
15 FDM Karunaratne 2734 5360 51.01 50.12 31.73
16 VL Manjrekar 26 113 23.01 NA 31.65
17 Hanif Mohammad 0 0 NK NA 31.65
18 CG Borde 20 43 46.51 NA 31.65
19 DB Vengsarkar 2381 5720 41.63 47.98 30.37
20 LD Chandimal 2811 5659 49.67 47.91 30.33
21 CA Pujara 3197 6623 48.27 46.90 29.68
22 AD Mathews 4175 8728 47.83 46.22 29.25
23 TT Samaraweera 2387 5205 45.86 45.78 28.98
24 Azhar Ali 2804 6742 41.59 41.09 26.01
25 RS Dravid 4114 10171 40.45 41.09 26.01

BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL

Ave HS

In this criteria, the top 7 scores of the batsman have been taken. Average High Score (Ave HS) is simply the total runs in the 7 innings divided by 7.

Criteria: Points For Runs Scored In The Top 7 Inns

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AVE HS RAT
TS DPMD Jayawardena 374 275 242 240 237 213* 203* 254.86 80.00
1 DPMD Jayawardena 374 275 242 240 237 213* 203* 254.86 80.00
2 V Sehwag 319 309 293 254 201* 201 173 250.00 78.48
3 KC Sangakkara 319 287 232 230 222* 221 219 247.14 77.58
4 Younis Khan 313 267 213 200* 199 194 177 223.29 70.09
5 V Kohli 254* 243 235 213 211 204 186 220.86 69.33
6 SR Tendulkar 248* 217 214 203 201* 194* 179 208.00 65.29
7 ST Jayasuriya 340 253 199 188 148 145 139 201.71 63.32
8 RS Dravid 270 222 200* 191 180 177 162 200.29 62.87
9 Javed Miandad 280* 211 206 203* 163 154* 145 194.57 61.08
10 Inzamam-ul-Haq 329 200* 184 177 142 138* 138 186.86 58.65
11 Azhar Ali 302* 226 185 157 157 136 134 185.29 58.16
12 SM Gavaskar 236* 205 182* 176 172 166 155 184.57 57.94
13 Zaheer Abbas 235* 215 186 176 168* 168 134 183.14 57.49
14 FDM Karunaratne 244 196 186 179 158* 147 141 178.71 56.10
15 CA Pujara 206* 204 202 159 153 145* 143 173.14 54.35
16 TT Samaraweera 231 214 159 143 142 138 137* 166.29 52.20
17 M Azharuddin 199 182 163* 163* 152 141 126 160.86 50.49
18 GR Viswanath 222 179 161* 145 139 137 131 159.14 49.96
19 LD Chandimal 206* 164 162* 155* 151 138 132 158.29 49.69
20 DB Vengsarkar 166 164* 159 157* 153 146* 137 154.57 48.52
21 PA de Silva 206 168 148 146 143* 138* 127 153.71 48.25
22 AD Mathews 199 157* 145* 141 122 111 110 140.71 44.17
23 Hanif Mohammad 203* 160 142 111 104 103 103 132.29 41.52
24 VL Manjrekar 189* 177 118 108 102* 96 90 125.71 39.46
25 CG Borde 177* 125 121 109 109 96 87 117.71 36.95

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AVE HS RAT
TS DPMD Jayawardena 374 275 242 240 237 213* 195 253.71 170.00
1 DPMD Jayawardena 374 275 242 240 237 213* 195 253.71 170.00
2 V Sehwag 319 309 293 254 201* 201 173 250.00 167.51
3 KC Sangakkara 287 232 221 219 211 199* 192 223.00 149.42
4 Younis Khan 313 267 213 199 194 177 171* 219.14 146.84
5 V Kohli 254* 243 235 213 186 167 107 200.71 134.49
6 ST Jayasuriya 340 253 199 188 148 131 113 196.00 131.33
7 SR Tendulkar 214 203 194* 179 177 155* 136 179.71 120.42
8 SM Gavaskar 236* 205 182* 172 166 137 127* 175.00 117.26
9 CA Pujara 206* 204 202 153 145* 143 135 169.71 113.72
10 RS Dravid 270 180 177 144 136 135 128* 167.14 111.99
11 GR Viswanath 222 179 161* 145 139 137 131 159.14 106.63
12 Zaheer Abbas 235* 215 186 176 96 85 82* 153.57 102.90
13 TT Samaraweera 231 214 142 137* 127 103* 100 150.57 100.89
14 LD Chandimal 206* 164 162* 155* 132 116 94* 147.00 98.50
15 Azhar Ali 185 157 157 136 118 117 109 139.86 93.71
16 PA de Silva 168 148 146 138* 127 126 122 139.29 93.33
17 DB Vengsarkar 159 157* 146* 137 112 109 109 132.71 88.92
18 Inzamam-ul-Haq 184 177 119 118 117 109 100* 132.00 88.45
19 FDM Karunaratne 196 158* 141 130 107 97 93 131.71 88.25
20 M Azharuddin 163* 163* 141 122 110 110 109 131.14 87.87
21 AD Mathews 157* 122 111 110 110 105* 102 116.71 78.20
22 CG Borde 177* 125 121 109 96 84 69 111.57 74.76
23 Hanif Mohammad 142 111 104 103 101* 96 89 106.57 71.41
24 VL Manjrekar 189* 108 96 85 84 73 68 100.43 67.29
25 Javed Miandad 154* 106* 100 99 88* 76 76 99.86 66.91

ASIANS IN ASIA RATING

The ASIANS IN ASIA (FC) Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000.

RANK BATSMAN PRO CON ATT BIP FC RAT
1 DPMD Jayawardena 242.89 363.37 55.49 250.00 911.75
2 KC Sangakkara 241.76 372.71 57.34 227.00 898.80
3 V Sehwag 161.67 396.71 90.20 245.99 894.57
4 SR Tendulkar 250.00 342.59 58.15 185.71 836.45
5 Younis Khan 178.98 378.02 57.33 216.93 831.26
6 SM Gavaskar 230.00 364.40 57.62 175.20 827.21
7 V Kohli 182.27 344.51 59.20 203.81 789.80
8 Javed Miandad 201.98 369.07 53.62 127.99 752.65
9 M Azharuddin 157.81 378.88 66.26 138.36 741.31
10 CA Pujara 171.84 348.40 50.55 168.07 738.86
11 RS Dravid 190.46 316.45 45.31 174.86 727.07
12 ST Jayasuriya 134.07 324.56 73.43 194.65 726.71
13 AD Mathews 230.00 303.31 49.36 122.37 705.04
14 Inzamam-ul-Haq 131.90 357.66 61.25 147.10 697.91
15 DB Vengsarkar 162.00 344.26 51.68 137.44 695.39
16 Zaheer Abbas 101.39 362.70 69.65 160.39 694.13
17 PA de Silva 162.96 329.23 57.08 141.58 690.85
18 VL Manjrekar 210.00 317.51 53.39 106.75 687.65
19 GR Viswanath 142.88 324.41 56.84 156.59 680.72
20 Hanif Mohammad 194.74 318.12 53.39 112.93 679.18
21 LD Chandimal 171.62 307.54 51.27 148.18 678.61
22 FDM Karunaratne 195.48 280.85 53.90 144.35 674.58
23 CG Borde 186.23 322.87 53.39 111.71 674.19
24 Azhar Ali 167.96 307.03 44.30 151.87 671.16
25 TT Samaraweera 110.48 346.65 49.23 153.09 659.45

BRIEF EXPLANATION

Dynamic Nature

Most of our ratings are dynamic, and as new matches are played, the rating of earlier batsmen may change if current batsmen set new benchmarks.

Trend Setter (TS)

  1. TS is the player who does the best in a criteria.
  2. The rating of all other players are calculated taking the TS as the benchmark. Example:-
  3. TS Runs: 2,000; Player X Runs: 1,000; Section Points: 250.00
  4. TS Points: 250.00 (Max)
  5. Player X Points: Runs/TS Runs X 250 = 1,000/2,000 X 250 = 125.00.
  6. Ratings of all sections are calculated similarly with Runs being replaced by the Criteria Stat.
  7. Know All About the Trend Setter
    8. .

Top Teams (TT)

  1. An opposition is counted as a TT considering its Win/Loss (WL) Ratios in last 7 years.
  2. Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia and Overall WL Ratio is considered.
  3. The WL Ratio should be more than a certain value overall or in specific condition.

Abbreviations

  1. AVE - Average or Runs/(Inns - Not Out)
  2. BF - Balls Faced
  3. FP - First Played by Year
  4. INF - Infinite
  5. LP - Last Played by Year
  6. MP - Middle Played or (FP+LP)/2
  7. NA - Not Applicable
  8. NI - Not In Top
  9. NK - Not Known
  10. NO, * - Not Out
  11. NQ - Not Qualified
  12. OPP - Opposition
  13. R4BF - Runs for available data of balls
  14. SR - Strike Rate or Runs/Balls
  15. TS - Trend Setter
  16. TT - Top Teams

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