Top 10 Indian Batsmen In Tests In New Zealand

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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 2026-02-05

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 7
Min Career Runs 1000

PROLIFIC


CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS SR Tendulkar IND 18 842 300.00
1 SR Tendulkar IND 18 842 300.00
2 RS Dravid IND 14 766 272.92
3 M Azharuddin IND 8 521 185.63
4 SM Gavaskar IND 10 392 139.67
5 AL Wadekar IND 8 328 116.86
6 VVS Laxman IND 9 322 114.73
7 RF Surti IND 8 321 114.37
7 FM Engineer IND 8 321 114.37
9 V Kohli IND 8 252 89.79
10 CG Borde IND 7 242 86.22

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 87.21 300.00
1 M Azharuddin 8 1 521 2 74.43 87.21 300.00
2 RS Dravid 14 2 766 2 63.83 70.76 243.41
3 CG Borde 7 2 242 0 48.40 56.52 194.45
4 AL Wadekar 8 1 328 1 46.86 56.23 193.45
5 SR Tendulkar 18 1 842 2 49.53 55.29 190.20
6 RF Surti 8 1 321 0 45.86 55.03 189.32
7 SM Gavaskar 10 1 392 1 43.56 48.26 166.01
8 FM Engineer 8 0 321 0 40.13 48.15 165.65
9 VVS Laxman 9 1 322 1 40.25 43.64 150.11
10 V Kohli 8 1 252 1 36.00 36.49 125.51

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 VVS Laxman 124* 76 61 30 23 62.80 151.54
6 SM Gavaskar 116 71 53 35* 33 61.60 148.65
7 RF Surti 99 67 45 44 28 56.60 136.58
8 FM Engineer 63 63 48 44 44 52.40 126.45
9 V Kohli 105* 67 38 19 14 48.60 117.28
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 70.40 150.00
1 M Azharuddin 521 839 62.10 70.40 150.00
2 SR Tendulkar 842 1469 57.32 60.55 129.02
3 V Kohli 252 438 57.53 54.14 115.34
4 CG Borde 0 0 NA NA 106.53
5 RF Surti 0 0 NA NA 106.53
6 FM Engineer 0 0 NA NA 106.53
7 AL Wadekar 0 0 NA NA 106.53
8 VVS Laxman 322 649 49.61 49.69 105.86
9 RS Dravid 766 1753 43.70 44.64 95.12
10 SM Gavaskar 126 351 35.90 43.07 91.78

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 272.92 243.41 250.00 95.12 861.46
2 SR Tendulkar 300.00 190.20 237.45 129.02 856.67
3 M Azharuddin 185.63 300.00 219.11 150.00 854.74
4 AL Wadekar 116.86 193.45 152.99 106.53 569.84
5 RF Surti 114.37 189.32 136.58 106.53 546.81
6 SM Gavaskar 139.67 166.01 148.65 91.78 546.10
7 VVS Laxman 114.73 150.11 151.54 105.86 522.24
8 FM Engineer 114.37 165.65 126.45 106.53 513.01
9 CG Borde 86.22 194.45 104.73 106.53 491.93
10 V Kohli 89.79 125.51 117.28 115.34 447.92


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