Top 10 Indian Opening 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 opening 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 DL Haynes WI 1978 1994 1986 237 8648 160.00
1 K Srikkanth IND 1981 1992 1986.5 145 4092 75.71
2 SM Gavaskar IND 1974 1987 1980.5 83 2651 49.05
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS SR Tendulkar IND 1994 2012 2003 340 15310 200.00
1 SR Tendulkar IND 1994 2012 2003 340 15310 200.00
2 SC Ganguly IND 1996 2007 2001.5 236 9146 119.48
3 V Sehwag IND 2001 2013 2007 212 7518 98.21
4 G Gambhir IND 2003 2013 2008 91 3367 43.98
5 NS Sidhu IND 1988 1998 1993 63 2418 31.59
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS RG Sharma IND 2011 2025 2018 184 9138 160.00
1 RG Sharma IND 2011 2025 2018 184 9138 160.00
2 S Dhawan IND 2010 2022 2016 164 6793 118.94
3 S Gill IND 2020 2025 2022.5 50 2509 43.93

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 S Gill 50 8 2509 14 59.74 58.78 100.00
1 S Gill 50 8 2509 14 59.74 58.78 100.00
2 RG Sharma 184 17 9138 45 54.72 52.57 89.43
3 SR Tendulkar 340 23 15310 75 48.30 48.90 83.19
4 S Dhawan 164 10 6793 39 44.11 42.71 72.67
5 SC Ganguly 236 16 9146 58 41.57 42.21 71.80
6 NS Sidhu 63 3 2418 15 40.30 40.82 69.44
7 G Gambhir 91 6 3367 21 39.61 39.73 67.59
8 SM Gavaskar 83 8 2651 25 35.35 37.77 64.26
9 V Sehwag 212 6 7518 35 36.50 37.05 63.03
10 K Srikkanth 145 4 4092 27 29.02 30.59 52.04

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 50s AVE R AVE RAT
TS BC Lara 44 5 1902 13 48.77 51.90 150.00
1 RG Sharma 114 7 5635 27 52.66 50.59 146.23
2 S Gill 35 4 1522 6 49.10 48.31 139.63
3 SR Tendulkar 238 11 10557 54 46.51 47.09 136.10
4 S Dhawan 92 5 3729 22 42.86 41.50 119.96
5 SC Ganguly 139 7 4932 28 37.36 37.93 109.64
6 SM Gavaskar 71 6 2189 20 33.68 35.99 104.01
7 V Sehwag 125 3 4247 16 34.81 35.34 102.14
8 NS Sidhu 42 0 1464 9 34.86 35.31 102.04
9 G Gambhir 52 4 1669 8 34.77 34.88 100.80
10 K Srikkanth 120 4 3212 21 27.69 29.19 84.36

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 V Sehwag 7518 7169 104.87 101.28 100.00
1 V Sehwag 7518 7169 104.87 101.28 100.00
2 SR Tendulkar 15310 17405 87.96 88.25 87.14
3 S Gill 2509 2528 99.25 85.60 84.53
4 RG Sharma 9138 9484 96.35 85.17 84.10
5 K Srikkanth 4092 5693 71.88 83.39 82.34
6 G Gambhir 3367 3893 86.49 82.08 81.05
7 S Dhawan 6793 7436 91.35 81.79 80.76
8 SC Ganguly 9146 12413 73.68 74.53 73.59
9 NS Sidhu 2418 3551 68.09 74.43 73.49
10 SM Gavaskar 2651 4310 61.51 73.19 72.27

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS Shahid Afridi 2588 2507 103.23 104.75 150.00
1 V Sehwag 4247 4180 101.60 98.12 140.51
2 SR Tendulkar 10557 12182 86.66 86.95 124.51
3 S Gill 1522 1521 100.07 86.31 123.59
4 RG Sharma 5635 5940 94.87 83.86 120.09
5 G Gambhir 1669 1920 86.93 82.50 118.14
6 S Dhawan 3729 4050 92.07 82.43 118.04
7 K Srikkanth 3212 4719 68.07 78.97 113.08
8 SM Gavaskar 2189 3606 60.70 72.23 103.44
9 SC Ganguly 4932 6932 71.15 71.97 103.06
10 NS Sidhu 1464 2273 64.41 70.40 100.81

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 DL Haynes 152* 148 145* 142* 138* 133* 123* 140.14 150.00
1 K Srikkanth 123 112 102 101 99 95 93* 103.57 110.86
2 SM Gavaskar 103* 92* 92 90 83 80 78* 88.29 94.50
RANK ERA 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AVE HS RAT
TS SR Tendulkar 200* 186* 175 163* 143 141* 141 164.14 150.00
1 SR Tendulkar 200* 186* 175 163* 143 141* 141 164.14 150.00
2 V Sehwag 219 175 146 130 126 125* 119 148.57 135.77
3 SC Ganguly 183 153* 141* 141 139 135* 130* 146.00 133.42
4 G Gambhir 150 138* 126* 107* 103 102 101 118.14 107.96
5 NS Sidhu 134* 108 108 98 94 93 88 103.29 94.39
RANK ERA 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AVE HS RAT
TS RG Sharma 264 209 208* 171* 162 159 152* 189.29 150.00
1 RG Sharma 264 209 208* 171* 162 159 152* 189.29 150.00
2 S Dhawan 143 137 132* 126 125 119 117 128.43 101.77
3 S Gill 208 121 116 112 112 104 101* 124.86 98.94

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 BB McCullum 77/25 80/28 51/22 59/26 55/25 238.05 150.00
1 V Sehwag 48/22 74/40 59/32 125/74 60/36 173.26 109.18
2 K Srikkanth 46/27 95/66 39/29 57/43 75/58 162.32 102.28
3 SR Tendulkar 82/49 62/38 30/19 41/26 40/26 161.92 102.03
4 RG Sharma 30/17 35/20 40/24 41/25 47/29 148.35 93.48
5 S Dhawan 40/27 34/23 132/90 78/56 46/34 128.45 80.94
6 SM Gavaskar 27/17 103/88 37/32 52/56 69/76 127.39 80.27
7 SC Ganguly 60/43 60/50 33/28 74/63 183/158 121.27 76.41
8 S Gill 112/78 27/19 208/149 80/66 64/53 116.03 73.11
9 G Gambhir 57/46 40/33 138/116 44/38 68/61 112.01 70.58
10 NS Sidhu 50/55 88/98 108/121 98/112 76/87 97.05 61.15

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 SR Tendulkar 200.00 219.29 211.65 150.00 102.03 882.96 441.48
2 RG Sharma 160.00 235.66 204.18 150.00 93.48 843.33 421.66
3 V Sehwag 98.21 165.16 240.51 135.77 109.18 748.83 374.41
4 S Dhawan 118.94 192.63 198.80 101.77 80.94 693.08 346.54
5 SC Ganguly 119.48 181.44 176.65 133.42 76.41 687.40 343.70
6 S Gill 43.93 239.63 208.12 98.94 73.11 663.73 331.86
7 K Srikkanth 75.71 136.40 195.43 110.86 102.28 620.67 310.34
8 G Gambhir 43.98 168.39 199.18 107.96 70.58 590.10 295.05
9 SM Gavaskar 49.05 168.27 175.70 94.50 80.27 567.78 283.89
10 NS Sidhu 31.59 171.49 174.30 94.39 61.15 532.91 266.46

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 SR Tendulkar 124 6067 52.30 88.69 805.91 161.18
2 RG Sharma 79 4363 58.96 106.57 803.84 160.77
3 V Sehwag 71 2575 36.79 107.88 655.93 131.19
4 S Gill 25 1408 61.22 111.22 633.90 126.78
5 K Srikkanth 57 1932 34.50 76.64 621.93 124.39
6 SC Ganguly 62 2746 48.18 77.94 592.63 118.53
7 S Dhawan 48 1890 41.09 93.75 541.30 108.26
8 SM Gavaskar 30 1049 37.46 70.31 516.39 103.28
9 NS Sidhu 29 1208 44.74 70.36 494.83 98.97
10 G Gambhir 34 1117 36.03 86.46 490.31 98.06

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 SR Tendulkar 216 9243 45.99 87.50 870.65 696.52
2 RG Sharma 105 4775 51.34 88.59 786.17 628.93
3 V Sehwag 141 4943 36.35 103.37 763.05 610.44
4 S Dhawan 116 4903 45.40 90.46 749.30 599.44
5 SC Ganguly 174 6400 39.26 71.99 712.10 569.68
6 G Gambhir 57 2250 41.67 86.51 614.46 491.56
7 S Gill 25 1101 57.95 87.24 602.66 482.13
8 K Srikkanth 88 2160 25.41 68.10 577.84 462.27
9 SM Gavaskar 53 1602 34.09 56.85 549.39 439.51
10 NS Sidhu 34 1210 36.67 65.98 522.71 418.17

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 SR Tendulkar 225 10692 50.91 89.35 900.12 180.02
2 RG Sharma 109 5722 57.22 104.80 863.54 172.71
3 V Sehwag 139 5317 39.39 110.33 792.79 158.56
4 K Srikkanth 95 2918 31.04 75.75 743.23 148.65
5 S Gill 39 1955 57.50 101.24 685.63 137.13
6 SC Ganguly 129 4945 41.55 75.42 651.72 130.34
7 SM Gavaskar 43 1593 40.85 68.25 646.02 129.20
8 S Dhawan 70 2918 44.21 94.16 634.35 126.87
9 G Gambhir 77 2852 39.07 86.85 610.69 122.14
10 NS Sidhu 53 2120 42.40 69.69 568.33 113.67

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 SR Tendulkar 115 4618 43.16 84.91 904.16 723.33
2 S Dhawan 94 3875 44.03 89.35 853.21 682.57
3 RG Sharma 75 3416 50.99 84.89 849.08 679.27
4 SC Ganguly 107 4201 41.59 71.74 830.98 664.78
5 K Srikkanth 50 1174 24.98 63.77 723.76 579.01
6 V Sehwag 73 2201 31.00 93.66 693.96 555.17
7 SM Gavaskar 40 1058 29.39 53.54 691.90 553.52
8 S Gill 11 554 69.25 92.80 557.66 446.13
9 G Gambhir 14 515 42.92 84.56 511.33 409.06
10 NS Sidhu 10 298 29.80 58.55 390.91 312.73

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 SR Tendulkar 696.52 161.18 723.33 180.02 1,761.05 176.11
2 RG Sharma 628.93 160.77 679.27 172.71 1,641.67 164.17
3 S Dhawan 599.44 108.26 682.57 126.87 1,517.14 151.71
4 SC Ganguly 569.68 118.53 664.78 130.34 1,483.34 148.33
5 V Sehwag 610.44 131.19 555.17 158.56 1,455.35 145.54
6 K Srikkanth 462.27 124.39 579.01 148.65 1,314.31 131.43
7 SM Gavaskar 439.51 103.28 553.52 129.20 1,225.51 122.55
8 S Gill 482.13 126.78 446.13 137.13 1,192.16 119.22
9 G Gambhir 491.56 98.06 409.06 122.14 1,120.83 112.08
10 NS Sidhu 418.17 98.97 312.73 113.67 943.53 94.35

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 RG Sharma 28 1575 60.58 105.49 957.04 957.04
2 SR Tendulkar 31 1767 58.90 87.30 932.35 932.35
3 V Sehwag 18 671 37.28 103.55 658.99 658.99
4 SM Gavaskar 19 561 35.06 57.36 651.24 651.24
5 S Dhawan 10 537 53.70 94.21 624.61 624.61
6 K Srikkanth 23 521 23.68 68.10 606.25 606.25
7 SC Ganguly 12 558 46.50 70.99 602.29 602.29
8 S Gill 9 354 44.25 106.95 520.04 520.04
9 G Gambhir 1 22 22.00 84.62 500.00 500.00
9 NS Sidhu 3 176 58.67 73.95 500.00 500.00
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 Sehwag 50 2441 50.85 123.35 876.96 876.96
2 RG Sharma 50 2997 73.10 98.98 875.22 875.22
3 SR Tendulkar 50 2503 54.41 96.83 836.84 836.84
4 SC Ganguly 50 2343 52.07 80.16 768.35 768.35
5 S Gill 47 2309 56.32 97.76 728.04 728.04
6 G Gambhir 50 2171 47.20 92.46 719.19 719.19
7 S Dhawan 50 2314 49.23 97.80 713.17 713.17
8 K Srikkanth 50 1693 34.55 80.09 666.14 666.14
9 SM Gavaskar 50 1893 43.02 65.55 665.60 665.60
10 NS Sidhu 50 2009 41.00 68.12 637.02 637.02
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 SR Tendulkar 317 112 35.33 891.06 891.06
2 RG Sharma 167 59 35.33 867.30 867.30
3 V Sehwag 206 62 30.10 677.37 677.37
4 SC Ganguly 220 59 26.82 629.07 629.07
5 S Dhawan 154 41 26.62 610.74 610.74
6 SM Gavaskar 75 22 29.33 603.19 603.19
7 S Gill 42 14 33.33 549.57 549.57
8 G Gambhir 85 19 22.35 393.63 393.63
9 NS Sidhu 60 14 23.33 388.57 388.57
10 K Srikkanth 141 24 17.02 388.10 388.10

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 RG Sharma 95.70 87.52 86.73 269.96
2 SR Tendulkar 93.23 83.68 89.11 266.02
3 V Sehwag 65.90 87.70 67.74 221.33
4 SC Ganguly 60.23 76.84 62.91 199.97
5 S Dhawan 62.46 71.32 61.07 194.85
6 SM Gavaskar 65.12 66.56 60.32 192.00
7 S Gill 52.00 72.80 54.96 179.76
8 K Srikkanth 60.63 66.61 38.81 166.05
9 G Gambhir 50.00 71.92 39.36 161.28
10 NS Sidhu 50.00 63.70 38.86 152.56

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 1 SR Tendulkar IND 441.48 176.11 266.02 883.61
2 2 RG Sharma IND 421.66 164.17 269.96 855.79
3 8 V Sehwag IND 374.41 145.54 221.33 741.28
4 14 S Dhawan IND 346.54 151.71 194.85 693.11
5 16 SC Ganguly IND 343.70 148.33 199.97 692.00
6 30 S Gill IND 331.86 119.22 179.76 630.85
7 32 K Srikkanth IND 310.34 131.43 166.05 607.82
8 35 SM Gavaskar IND 283.89 122.55 192.00 598.45
9 41 G Gambhir IND 295.05 112.08 161.28 568.42
10 58 NS Sidhu IND 266.46 94.35 152.56 513.37

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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