Top 10 Indian Middle Order Batsmen In ODIs

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Nations Filter

This rating filters the OVERALL Rating to show players only from India.

  • The Rating of the players from India remains the same as in the original OVERALL Rating.
  • Thus the Trend Setter can be from any nation and is not necessarily from India.
Position Filter

This rating filters the OVERALL Rating to include performances of middle order (3-6) batsmen. Innings played only at the specified position are counted in this rating.

THE CRITERIA


CRITERIA CONSTITUENTS
Primary Runs, Average, Strike Rate, Top Inns (Runs and SR)
Conditions Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia
Secondary World Cup, Top Form, Impact Inns
The Trend Setter (TS)

TS is the player which does the best in a criteria. The rating of all other players are calculated taking the TS as the benchmark. Know All About TS. Here is an example:-

  • TS Runs: 2,000; Player X Runs: 1,000; Section Points: 250.00
  • TS Points: 250.00(Max); Player X Points: Runs/TS Runs X 250 = 1,000/2,000 X 250 = 125.00
  • Ratings of all sections are calculated similarly with Runs being replaced by the Criteria Stat.
Top Teams (TT) and Non Weak Teams (NWT)

Some sections consider performances only against the top teams and non weak teams. Here is some information:-

  • Win/Loss Ratio is used to determine TT and NWT.
  • They are calculated by decades.
  • A batsmanโ€™s performace is counted in TT or NWT if it comes against that team in the specific decade.
  • Knock Out and Super Six matches of ODI World Cup are also counted.
  • TT and NWT may be found in the last section.

QUALIFICATION


Min Innings (TT) 30

PRIMARY CRITERIA

The Primary Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Runs Scored 200.00
Consistent Average 300.00
Attacking Strike Rate 300.00
Big Innings Potential Top Inns (Runs) 100.00
Quick Innings Potential Top Inns (SR) 100.00

PROLIFIC


The Eras

The time period of ODI cricket 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 1991
Era 2 MP between 1990 And 2011
Era 3 MP greater than 2010

Criteria: Points For Runs Scored

RANK ERA 1 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS Javed Miandad PAK 1975 1996 1985.5 213 7281 150.00
1 N Kapil Dev IND 1979 1994 1986.5 115 2164 44.58
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS RT Ponting AUS 1995 2012 2003.5 358 13422 200.00
1 RS Dravid IND 1996 2011 2003.5 293 10066 149.99
2 M Azharuddin IND 1985 2000 1992.5 300 9237 137.64
3 Yuvraj Singh IND 2000 2017 2008.5 273 8652 128.92
4 AD Jadeja IND 1994 2000 1997 128 3878 57.79
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS V Kohli IND 2009 2025 2017 279 13977 200.00
1 V Kohli IND 2009 2025 2017 279 13977 200.00
2 MS Dhoni IND 2005 2019 2012 258 9684 138.57
3 SK Raina IND 2005 2018 2011.5 181 5376 76.93
4 SS Iyer IND 2017 2025 2021 65 2845 40.71
5 KL Rahul IND 2017 2025 2021 55 2128 30.45

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 2500
Min Runs (TT) 1500

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 50s AVE R AVE RAT
TS AB de Villiers 182 36 8532 46 58.44 56.64 100.00
1 V Kohli 279 44 13977 73 59.48 55.56 98.09
2 MS Dhoni 258 71 9684 66 51.79 52.58 92.83
3 KL Rahul 55 15 2128 12 53.20 51.57 91.06
4 SS Iyer 65 6 2845 22 48.22 45.85 80.94
5 AD Jadeja 128 32 3878 20 40.40 41.87 73.92
6 RS Dravid 293 37 10066 76 39.32 40.17 70.92
7 M Azharuddin 300 49 9237 58 36.80 38.32 67.66
8 Yuvraj Singh 273 38 8652 52 36.82 37.38 65.99
9 SK Raina 181 30 5376 36 35.60 35.93 63.44
10 N Kapil Dev 115 25 2164 7 24.04 26.71 47.16

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 50s AVE R AVE RAT
TS AB de Villiers 114 25 5156 31 57.93 56.15 150.00
1 KL Rahul 37 12 1492 10 59.68 57.86 150.00
2 V Kohli 168 23 8342 45 57.53 53.74 143.56
3 MS Dhoni 174 43 6801 48 51.92 52.71 140.81
4 SS Iyer 41 4 1689 10 45.65 43.40 115.94
5 RS Dravid 199 18 6578 49 36.34 37.13 99.19
6 M Azharuddin 229 31 6944 41 35.07 36.52 97.56
7 AD Jadeja 86 16 2447 10 34.96 36.23 96.80
8 Yuvraj Singh 178 22 5176 33 33.18 33.69 89.99
9 SK Raina 99 11 2931 22 33.31 33.62 89.80
10 N Kapil Dev 92 16 1628 7 21.42 23.80 63.57

ATTACKING


R SR

Relative Strike Rate (R SR) is calculated using the same method as R Ave with average being replaced with SR.

Criteria: Points For R SR

Min Qualification For TS
Min Runs 2500
Min Runs (TT) 1500
Min Average 25

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS GJ Maxwell 3030 2365 128.12 113.40 100.00
1 N Kapil Dev 2164 2133 101.45 109.09 96.19
2 SS Iyer 2845 2845 100.00 87.13 76.83
3 SK Raina 5376 5745 93.58 86.85 76.58
4 Yuvraj Singh 8652 9877 87.60 85.04 74.99
5 V Kohli 13977 14908 93.76 84.57 74.58
6 MS Dhoni 9684 11105 87.20 80.74 71.20
7 KL Rahul 2128 2301 92.48 79.78 70.35
8 M Azharuddin 9237 12516 73.80 78.93 69.60
9 AD Jadeja 3878 5180 74.86 78.22 68.98
10 RS Dravid 10066 14059 71.60 72.58 64.00

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS GJ Maxwell 2233 1900 117.53 104.03 150.00
1 N Kapil Dev 1628 1647 98.85 106.28 150.00
2 SS Iyer 1689 1698 99.47 86.67 124.97
3 SK Raina 2931 3148 93.11 86.41 124.60
4 V Kohli 8342 8948 93.23 84.10 121.26
5 Yuvraj Singh 5176 6109 84.73 82.26 118.61
6 MS Dhoni 6801 7702 88.30 81.75 117.88
7 KL Rahul 1492 1638 91.09 78.58 113.31
8 M Azharuddin 6944 9661 71.88 76.87 110.84
9 AD Jadeja 2447 3389 72.20 75.44 108.78
10 RS Dravid 6578 9611 68.44 69.38 100.04

BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL (NWT)


Ave HS

In this criteria, we have taken the top 7 scores of the batsman against Non Weak Teams of all time. 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

RANK ERA 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AVE HS RAT
TS IVA Richards 189* 181 153* 149 138* 119* 119 149.71 150.00
1 N Kapil Dev 175* 72 64 58 54* 54* 54 75.86 76.00
RANK ERA 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AVE HS RAT
TS RT Ponting 164 145 141* 140* 134* 129 126 139.86 150.00
1 Yuvraj Singh 150 139 138* 131 121 118 117 130.57 140.04
2 RS Dravid 153 145 123* 116 109* 107 104 122.43 131.31
3 M Azharuddin 153* 111* 108* 108* 108 101 100 112.71 120.89
4 AD Jadeja 119 116* 105* 103* 100* 95 93 104.43 112.00
RANK ERA 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AVE HS RAT
TS V Kohli 183 166* 160* 157* 154* 140 139* 157.00 150.00
1 V Kohli 183 166* 160* 157* 154* 140 139* 157.00 150.00
2 MS Dhoni 183* 148 139* 134 124 107 101* 133.71 127.75
3 SS Iyer 113* 105 105 103 88 82 82 96.86 92.54
4 KL Rahul 112 111* 108 97* 88* 80 76 96.00 91.72
5 SK Raina 116* 106 100 89* 84 84 83 94.57 90.35

QUICK INNINGS POTENTIAL (NWT)


QI SR

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 innings of the batsman with highest strike rate against Non Weak Teams. Quick Innings Strike Rate (QI SR) is the Relative SR of the batsmen in the 5 innings.

Criteria: Points For R SR In The Top 5 Inns by SR

RANK BATSMAN 1 2 3 4 5 QI SR RAT
TS Shahid Afridi 34/12 102/40 77/35 55/26 124/60 221.55 150.00
1 N Kapil Dev 33/16 26/13 72/38 58/31 35/21 202.40 137.03
2 Yuvraj Singh 25/11 69/32 40/19 138/78 53/32 183.45 124.20
3 MS Dhoni 40/20 68/35 50/26 46/26 62/38 169.84 114.99
4 SK Raina 40/19 38/21 66/39 40/24 49/30 162.59 110.08
5 M Azharuddin 108/65 95/63 63/44 54/39 29/22 160.19 108.46
6 AD Jadeja 45/25 44/27 88/61 61/45 39/30 153.95 104.23
7 RS Dravid 50/22 54/35 92/63 85/63 51/42 149.58 101.27
8 V Kohli 100/52 115/66 133/86 166/110 131/96 141.91 96.08
9 SS Iyer 53/32 59/36 65/41 105/70 82/56 134.96 91.37
10 KL Rahul 80/52 62/43 40/29 88/64 52/38 122.92 83.22

PRIMARY RATING


The total of the above five criteria comes out to be 1,000.00 points. The Primary Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the five criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is half of the OVERALL Rating, i.e. 500 pts.

RANK BATSMAN PRO CON ATT BIP QIP RAT PRI PTS
1 V Kohli 200.00 241.65 195.84 150.00 96.08 883.57 441.79
2 MS Dhoni 138.57 233.63 189.08 127.75 114.99 804.02 402.01
3 Yuvraj Singh 128.92 155.98 193.60 140.04 124.20 742.75 371.37
4 RS Dravid 149.99 170.11 164.04 131.31 101.27 716.72 358.36
5 M Azharuddin 137.64 165.22 180.44 120.89 108.46 712.65 356.33
6 SK Raina 76.93 153.24 201.18 90.35 110.08 631.78 315.89
7 KL Rahul 30.45 241.06 183.66 91.72 83.22 630.11 315.05
8 SS Iyer 40.71 196.88 201.81 92.54 91.37 623.31 311.66
9 AD Jadeja 57.79 170.72 177.76 112.00 104.23 622.50 311.25
10 N Kapil Dev 44.58 110.74 246.19 76.00 137.03 614.55 307.27

CONDITIONS CRITERIA

The Conditions Rating is calculated by applying the five criteria of Primary Rating to various conditions. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points. Click on the Rating Titles to see how they were calculated.

The four conditions criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

CRITERIA POINTS
Home 200.00
Away 800.00
Familiar Conditions 200.00
Unfamiliar Conditions 800.00

HOME/AWAY


HOME/AWAY RATING

Points to note:-

  • U.A.E. is considered as a second Home for Pakistan and Afghanistan.
  • All Home and Away stats of Pakistani and Afghani batsmen are calculated accordingly.

At Home

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 V Kohli 118 6289 61.66 96.49 869.36 173.87
2 MS Dhoni 99 3968 55.11 92.99 792.75 158.55
3 Yuvraj Singh 99 3414 42.15 90.39 735.78 147.16
4 M Azharuddin 98 3084 39.04 82.20 709.74 141.95
5 RS Dravid 87 3211 42.81 78.55 706.58 141.32
6 AD Jadeja 37 1441 60.04 78.66 688.08 137.62
7 SS Iyer 34 1585 56.61 106.81 646.04 129.21
8 KL Rahul 29 1245 59.29 92.98 603.06 120.61
9 N Kapil Dev 51 883 23.86 98.99 575.93 115.19
10 SK Raina 58 1864 35.85 91.06 562.85 112.57

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 V Kohli 161 7688 57.80 91.63 854.78 683.82
2 MS Dhoni 159 5716 49.70 83.59 736.00 588.80
3 Yuvraj Singh 174 5238 34.01 85.87 709.97 567.98
4 RS Dravid 206 6855 37.87 68.75 681.72 545.38
5 M Azharuddin 202 6153 35.77 70.21 677.24 541.79
6 SK Raina 123 3512 35.47 94.97 659.10 527.28
7 N Kapil Dev 64 1281 24.17 103.22 621.87 497.50
8 AD Jadeja 91 2437 33.85 72.79 578.23 462.58
9 KL Rahul 26 883 46.47 91.79 574.79 459.84
10 SS Iyer 31 1260 40.65 92.58 551.53 441.22

FAMILIAR/UNFAMILIAR CONDITIONS


FAMILIAR/UNFAMILIAR CONDITIONS RATING

Points to note:-

  • Unfamiliar Conditions (UC) is Outside Asia for Asians and In Asia for Non Asians.
  • Familiar Conditions (FC) are the opposite.

Familiar Conditions Rating

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 V Kohli 163 8524 61.32 96.40 952.54 190.51
2 MS Dhoni 158 6259 54.90 88.78 883.81 176.76
3 Yuvraj Singh 172 5726 39.76 89.15 842.78 168.56
4 M Azharuddin 197 6159 38.02 76.35 808.95 161.79
5 RS Dravid 158 5594 40.24 73.20 771.36 154.27
6 AD Jadeja 88 2799 43.73 74.96 726.68 145.34
7 SK Raina 115 3602 37.92 93.12 699.15 139.83
8 SS Iyer 46 1989 49.73 100.20 683.42 136.68
9 KL Rahul 43 1708 55.10 91.83 673.92 134.78
10 N Kapil Dev 79 1270 21.53 99.76 612.09 122.42

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 V Kohli 116 5453 56.80 89.89 918.89 735.11
2 RS Dravid 135 4472 38.22 69.69 751.87 601.50
3 MS Dhoni 100 3425 46.92 84.46 737.85 590.28
4 Yuvraj Singh 101 2926 32.15 84.71 694.48 555.59
5 M Azharuddin 103 3078 34.58 69.18 680.38 544.30
6 N Kapil Dev 36 894 28.84 103.95 646.00 516.80
7 SK Raina 66 1774 31.68 94.51 612.25 489.80
8 SS Iyer 19 856 45.05 99.53 566.31 453.05
9 AD Jadeja 40 1079 33.72 74.62 536.68 429.34
10 KL Rahul 12 420 46.67 95.24 526.22 420.98

CONDITIONS RATING


The total of the above four criteria comes out to be 2,000.00 points. The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 200 pts.

RANK BATSMAN AWAY HOME UC FC TOT CON PTS
1 V Kohli 683.82 173.87 735.11 190.51 1,783.32 178.33
2 MS Dhoni 588.80 158.55 590.28 176.76 1,514.39 151.44
3 RS Dravid 545.38 141.32 601.50 154.27 1,442.46 144.25
4 Yuvraj Singh 567.98 147.16 555.59 168.56 1,439.28 143.93
5 M Azharuddin 541.79 141.95 544.30 161.79 1,389.83 138.98
6 SK Raina 527.28 112.57 489.80 139.83 1,269.48 126.95
7 N Kapil Dev 497.50 115.19 516.80 122.42 1,251.90 125.19
8 AD Jadeja 462.58 137.62 429.34 145.34 1,174.88 117.49
9 SS Iyer 441.22 129.21 453.05 136.68 1,160.16 116.02
10 KL Rahul 459.84 120.61 420.98 134.78 1,136.21 113.62

SECONDARY CRITERIA

The Secondary Rating consists of three parts. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points. Click on the Rating Titles to see how they were calculated.

The three secondary criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

CRITERIA POINTS
World Cup 1,000.00
Top Form 1,000.00
Impact Innings 1,000.00

WORLD CUP


Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 5

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 V Kohli 35 1786 63.79 88.11 833.10 833.10
2 RS Dravid 20 853 60.93 74.50 641.85 641.85
3 M Azharuddin 24 814 38.76 76.79 608.39 608.39
4 SS Iyer 11 530 66.25 113.25 606.78 606.78
5 N Kapil Dev 14 420 38.18 120.69 601.44 601.44
6 Yuvraj Singh 21 738 52.71 90.33 573.34 573.34
7 MS Dhoni 21 711 47.40 94.67 566.74 566.74
8 AD Jadeja 9 374 53.43 86.77 536.78 536.78
9 KL Rahul 12 489 69.86 90.06 520.31 520.31
10 SK Raina 7 288 48.00 108.27 500.00 500.00
TOP FORM RATING

Points to note:-

  • Top Form is calculated by taking the best 50 consecutive innings of a batsman.
  • Only Inns against Non Weak Teams are considered in the rating.
  • Non Weak Teams may be found in the last section.

TOP FORM


Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 V Kohli 50 3497 94.51 100.37 900.04 900.04
2 Yuvraj Singh 50 1935 43.00 95.32 710.80 710.80
3 MS Dhoni 50 2024 72.29 94.58 695.63 695.63
4 M Azharuddin 50 1936 46.10 75.04 655.21 655.21
5 SS Iyer 50 2190 48.67 100.27 648.62 648.62
6 RS Dravid 50 1912 41.57 71.85 647.03 647.03
7 N Kapil Dev 50 1225 34.03 111.57 643.79 643.79
8 AD Jadeja 50 1593 46.85 76.07 627.43 627.43
9 KL Rahul 50 1989 55.25 91.20 626.59 626.59
10 SK Raina 50 1623 42.71 95.64 583.10 583.10
Impact Innings (II)

Impact Innings are those innings which have an impact in terms of Runs or Strike Rate. Know All About II. Points to note about II:-

  • Both Inns are clubbed together.
  • A Batsman should score at least 25 runs to qualify.
  • An Inn is included in II if it is 30.00% of the total runs of the higher total or
  • The runs are 10.00% of the total runs and
  • The SR is high or in a successful chase while being Not Out.

IMPACT INNINGS


Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 30

RANK BATSMAN DIS II II/Dis % RAT WTG
1 V Kohli 235 85 36.17 793.40 793.40
2 MS Dhoni 187 61 32.62 688.54 688.54
3 KL Rahul 40 17 42.50 662.06 662.06
4 M Azharuddin 251 69 27.49 627.87 627.87
5 Yuvraj Singh 235 64 27.23 574.99 574.99
6 AD Jadeja 96 31 32.29 516.83 516.83
7 SK Raina 151 39 25.83 481.26 481.26
8 N Kapil Dev 90 24 26.67 468.00 468.00
9 SS Iyer 59 17 28.81 445.28 445.28
10 RS Dravid 256 41 16.02 361.25 361.25

SECONDARY RATING


The total of the above three criteria comes out to be 3,000.00 points. The Secondary Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the five criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 300 pts.

RANK BATSMAN WC TF II SEC RAT
1 V Kohli 83.31 90.00 79.34 252.65
2 MS Dhoni 56.67 69.56 68.85 195.09
3 M Azharuddin 60.84 65.52 62.79 189.15
4 Yuvraj Singh 57.33 71.08 57.50 185.91
5 KL Rahul 52.03 62.66 66.21 180.90
6 N Kapil Dev 60.14 64.38 46.80 171.32
7 SS Iyer 60.68 64.86 44.53 170.07
8 AD Jadeja 53.68 62.74 51.68 168.10
9 RS Dravid 64.18 64.70 36.13 165.01
10 SK Raina 50.00 58.31 48.13 156.44

OVERALL RATING

OVERALL Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000 Pts.

RANK OV RANK BATSMAN NAT PRI PTS CON PTS SEC PTS FIN RAT
1 2 V Kohli IND 441.79 178.33 252.65 872.77
2 6 MS Dhoni IND 402.01 151.44 195.09 748.54
3 12 Yuvraj Singh IND 371.37 143.93 185.91 701.21
4 17 M Azharuddin IND 356.33 138.98 189.15 684.46
5 20 RS Dravid IND 358.36 144.25 165.01 667.62
6 52 KL Rahul IND 315.05 113.62 180.90 609.57
7 54 N Kapil Dev IND 307.27 125.19 171.32 603.79
8 58 SK Raina IND 315.89 126.95 156.44 599.27
9 59 SS Iyer IND 311.66 116.02 170.07 597.74
10 60 AD Jadeja IND 311.25 117.49 168.10 596.84

NON WEAK TEAMS

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1970s WI ENG AUS NZ PAK SL IND
1980s WI ENG AUS PAK IND NZ SL ZIM
1990s SA AUS PAK WI IND SL ENG NZ ZIM
2000s AUS SA SL PAK IND NZ ENG WI BAN
2010s IND SA AUS ENG NZ PAK SL BAN WI
2020s IND PAK NZ AUS SL SA BAN ENG WI AFG

TOP TEAMS

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6
1970s WI ENG AUS NZ PAK SL
1980s WI ENG AUS PAK IND NZ
1990s SA AUS PAK WI IND SL
2000s AUS SA SL PAK IND NZ
2010s IND SA AUS ENG NZ PAK
2020s IND PAK NZ AUS SL SA


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