Top 10 Indian Batsmen In Tests In New Zealand

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 New Zealand 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)	NZ
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	1976	1981	1978.5	10	392	250.00
1	SM Gavaskar	IND	1976	1981	1978.5	10	392	250.00
2	AL Wadekar	IND	1968	1968	1968	8	328	209.18
3	RF Surti	IND	1968	1968	1968	8	321	204.72
3	FM Engineer	IND	1968	1968	1968	8	321	204.72
5	CG Borde	IND	1968	1968	1968	7	242	154.34

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	SR Tendulkar	IND	1990	2009	1999.5	18	842	300.00
1	SR Tendulkar	IND	1990	2009	1999.5	18	842	300.00
2	RS Dravid	IND	1998	2009	2003.5	14	766	272.92
3	M Azharuddin	IND	1990	1999	1994.5	8	521	185.63

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	AM Rahane	IND	2014	2020	2017	7	253	230.00
1	AM Rahane	IND	2014	2020	2017	7	253	230.00
2	V Kohli	IND	2014	2020	2017	8	252	229.09

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	M Azharuddin	8	1	521	2	74.43	75.52	300.00
1	M Azharuddin	8	1	521	2	74.43	75.52	300.00
2	RS Dravid	14	2	766	2	63.83	65.78	261.31
3	CG Borde	7	2	242	0	48.40	53.58	212.87
4	AL Wadekar	8	1	328	1	46.86	51.90	206.17
5	SR Tendulkar	18	1	842	2	49.53	50.81	201.87
6	RF Surti	8	1	321	0	45.86	50.79	201.77
7	SM Gavaskar	10	1	392	1	43.56	45.88	182.28
8	FM Engineer	8	0	321	0	40.13	44.44	176.55
9	AM Rahane	7	0	253	1	36.14	39.26	155.98
10	V Kohli	8	1	252	1	36.00	38.66	153.57

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	RS Dravid	190	103*	83	76	66	103.60	250.00
1	RS Dravid	190	103*	83	76	66	103.60	250.00
2	SR Tendulkar	160	113	88	67	64	98.40	237.45
3	M Azharuddin	192	103*	63	48	48	90.80	219.11
4	AL Wadekar	143	80	71	15	8	63.40	152.99
5	SM Gavaskar	116	71	53	35*	33	61.60	148.65
6	RF Surti	99	67	45	44	28	56.60	136.58
7	FM Engineer	63	63	48	44	44	52.40	126.45
8	V Kohli	105*	67	38	19	14	48.60	117.28
9	AM Rahane	118	46	29	26	18	47.40	114.38
10	CG Borde	65*	57	41	33	21	43.40	104.73

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	M Azharuddin	521	839	62.10	65.28	150.00
1	M Azharuddin	521	839	62.10	65.28	150.00
2	SR Tendulkar	842	1469	57.32	58.38	134.14
3	V Kohli	252	438	57.53	55.01	126.39
4	CG Borde	0	0	NA	NA	114.89
5	AL Wadekar	0	0	NA	NA	114.89
6	FM Engineer	0	0	NA	NA	114.89
7	RF Surti	0	0	NA	NA	114.89
8	AM Rahane	253	532	47.56	45.37	104.25
9	RS Dravid	766	1753	43.70	43.91	100.89
10	SM Gavaskar	126	351	35.90	40.70	93.51

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	RS Dravid	272.92	261.31	250.00	100.89	885.13
2	SR Tendulkar	300.00	201.87	237.45	134.14	873.46
3	M Azharuddin	185.63	300.00	219.11	150.00	854.74
4	AL Wadekar	209.18	206.17	152.99	114.89	683.24
5	SM Gavaskar	250.00	182.28	148.65	93.51	674.44
6	RF Surti	204.72	201.77	136.58	114.89	657.97
7	V Kohli	229.09	153.57	117.28	126.39	626.33
8	FM Engineer	204.72	176.55	126.45	114.89	622.61
9	AM Rahane	230.00	155.98	114.38	104.25	604.62
10	CG Borde	154.34	212.87	104.73	114.89	586.83