Top 10 Indian Batsmen In Tests In Australia

All Test Ratings on the website are from 01/01/1950 onwards (Know Why). 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. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 10 batsmen from India in Australia in Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2025-02-15

CONTENTS

5. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL

6. ATTACKING

7. TEAM VEN OPP RATING

TVO RATING

This rating considers performances of players from specific teams in particular nations or against particular oppositions.

Team (T)	IND
Venue (V)	AUS
Oposition (O)	ALL

THE CRITERIA

The TVO Rating is divided into 4 main sections:-

CRITERIA	STAT	POINTS
Prolific	Runs Scored	300.00
Consistent	Average	300.00
Big Innings Potential	Top Scores	250.00
Attacking	Strike Rate	150.00

The Trend Setter (TS)

TS is the player who 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 a simple 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.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings

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 1991
Era 2	MP between 1990 And 2016
Era 3	MP greater than 2015

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK	ERA 1	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	SM Gavaskar	IND	1977	1986	1981.5	19	920	250.00
1	SM Gavaskar	IND	1977	1986	1981.5	19	920	250.00
2	GR Viswanath	IND	1977	1981	1979	15	686	186.41
3	M Amarnath	IND	1977	1986	1981.5	13	668	181.52

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	SR Tendulkar	IND	1991	2012	2001.5	38	1809	300.00
1	SR Tendulkar	IND	1991	2012	2001.5	38	1809	300.00
2	VVS Laxman	IND	1999	2012	2005.5	29	1236	204.98
3	RS Dravid	IND	1999	2012	2005.5	30	1143	189.55
4	V Sehwag	IND	2003	2012	2007.5	20	948	157.21

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	V Kohli	IND	2011	2025	2018	34	1542	290.00
1	V Kohli	IND	2011	2025	2018	34	1542	290.00
2	CA Pujara	IND	2014	2021	2017.5	21	993	186.75
3	RR Pant	IND	2018	2025	2021.5	21	879	165.31

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	250

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	NO	RUNS	100s	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	RJ Shastri	7	0	391	1	55.86	62.06	300.00
1	M Amarnath	13	1	668	2	55.67	60.20	291.00
2	SR Tendulkar	38	4	1809	6	53.21	57.17	276.37
3	SM Gavaskar	19	1	920	5	51.11	54.81	264.96
4	RR Pant	21	2	879	1	46.26	53.45	258.41
5	CA Pujara	21	0	993	3	47.29	53.03	256.34
6	V Kohli	34	1	1542	7	46.73	51.47	248.83
7	V Sehwag	20	0	948	2	47.40	49.56	239.61
8	GR Viswanath	15	0	686	1	45.73	49.14	237.56
9	VVS Laxman	29	1	1236	4	44.14	46.70	225.75
10	RS Dravid	30	4	1143	1	43.96	46.44	224.52

BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL

Ave HS

In this criteria, the top 5 scores of the batsman have been taken. Average High Score (Ave HS) is simply the total runs in the 5 innings divided by 5.

Criteria: Points For Runs Scored In The Top 5 Inns

RANK	BATSMAN	1	2	3	4	5	AVE HS	RAT
TS	SR Tendulkar	241*	154*	153	148*	116	162.40	250.00
1	SR Tendulkar	241*	154*	153	148*	116	162.40	250.00
2	V Kohli	169	147	141	123	116	139.20	214.29
2	SM Gavaskar	172	166*	127	118	113	139.20	214.29
4	VVS Laxman	178	167	148	109	79	136.20	209.67
5	RS Dravid	233	93	92	91*	72*	116.20	178.88
6	CA Pujara	193	123	106	77	73	114.40	176.11
7	V Sehwag	195	151	72	67	63	109.60	168.72
8	M Amarnath	138	100	90	86	72	97.20	149.63
9	RR Pant	159*	97	89*	61	40	89.20	137.32
10	GR Viswanath	114	89	79	73	59	82.80	127.46

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	250
Min Average	25

RANK	BATSMAN	R4BF	BF	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	V Sehwag	948	1287	73.66	71.55	150.00
1	V Sehwag	948	1287	73.66	71.55	150.00
2	RR Pant	879	1297	67.77	67.03	140.54
3	SR Tendulkar	1809	3072	58.89	59.07	123.85
4	GR Viswanath	613	1198	51.17	56.03	117.46
5	VVS Laxman	1236	2364	52.28	51.51	108.00
6	V Kohli	1542	2940	52.45	51.35	107.65
7	M Amarnath	582	1312	44.36	48.84	102.39
8	SM Gavaskar	920	2290	40.17	43.70	91.62
9	RS Dravid	1143	2872	39.80	39.18	82.13
10	CA Pujara	993	2657	37.37	36.85	77.26

TEAM VEN OPP RATING

The TEAM VEN OPP (TVO) Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000.

RANK	BATSMAN	PRO	CON	BIP	ATT	TVO RAT
1	SR Tendulkar	300.00	276.37	250.00	123.85	950.22
2	V Kohli	290.00	248.83	214.29	107.65	860.77
3	SM Gavaskar	250.00	264.96	214.29	91.62	820.86
4	VVS Laxman	204.98	225.75	209.67	108.00	748.39
5	M Amarnath	181.52	291.00	149.63	102.39	724.54
6	V Sehwag	157.21	239.61	168.72	150.00	715.54
7	RR Pant	165.31	258.41	137.32	140.54	701.57
8	CA Pujara	186.75	256.34	176.11	77.26	696.46
9	RS Dravid	189.55	224.52	178.88	82.13	675.09
10	GR Viswanath	186.41	237.56	127.46	117.46	668.90