Top 10 Indian Batsmen In Tests In West Indies

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 West Indies 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)	WI
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	1971	1983	1977	24	1404	290.00
1	SM Gavaskar	IND	1971	1983	1977	24	1404	290.00
2	M Amarnath	IND	1976	1983	1979.5	16	877	181.15
3	DN Sardesai	IND	1962	1971	1966.5	14	751	155.12

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	RS Dravid	IND	1997	2011	2004	28	1511	300.00
1	RS Dravid	IND	1997	2011	2004	28	1511	300.00
2	VVS Laxman	IND	1997	2011	2004	27	1146	227.53
3	SR Tendulkar	IND	1997	2002	1999.5	14	620	123.10
4	V Sehwag	IND	2006	2006	2006	7	357	70.88

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	V Kohli	IND	2011	2023	2017	15	660	240.00
1	V Kohli	IND	2011	2023	2017	15	660	240.00
2	AM Rahane	IND	2016	2023	2019.5	10	525	190.91
3	KL Rahul	IND	2016	2019	2017.5	7	337	122.55

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	AM Rahane	10	3	525	2	75.00	81.30	300.00
1	AM Rahane	10	3	525	2	75.00	81.30	300.00
2	SM Gavaskar	24	4	1404	7	70.20	73.44	271.01
3	RS Dravid	28	5	1511	3	65.70	67.59	249.42
4	M Amarnath	16	0	877	2	54.81	58.74	216.76
5	DN Sardesai	14	0	751	3	53.64	53.33	196.78
6	KL Rahul	7	0	337	1	48.14	52.73	194.59
7	SR Tendulkar	14	1	620	1	47.69	49.59	183.00
8	VVS Laxman	27	3	1146	2	47.75	49.01	180.85
9	V Kohli	15	0	660	2	44.00	48.23	177.97
10	V Sehwag	7	0	357	1	51.00	47.85	176.59

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	SM Gavaskar	220	156	147*	124	117*	152.80	250.00
1	SM Gavaskar	220	156	147*	124	117*	152.80	250.00
2	DN Sardesai	212	150	112	75	60	121.80	199.28
3	RS Dravid	146	144*	112	92	91	117.00	191.43
4	V Kohli	200	121	76	76	51	104.80	171.47
5	M Amarnath	117	116	91	85	80	97.80	160.01
6	VVS Laxman	130	100	87	85	74	95.20	155.76
7	SR Tendulkar	117	92	88	86	83	93.20	152.49
8	AM Rahane	108*	102	81	78*	64*	86.60	141.69
9	V Sehwag	180	65	41	36	31	70.60	115.51
10	KL Rahul	158	50	44	38	28	63.60	104.06

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	N Kapil Dev	289	334	86.53	91.38	150.00
1	V Sehwag	357	413	86.44	85.80	140.83
2	V Kohli	660	1301	50.73	51.31	84.22
3	KL Rahul	337	663	50.83	51.30	84.20
4	M Amarnath	0	0	NA	NA	82.07
5	DN Sardesai	2	2	NA	NA	82.07
6	SR Tendulkar	620	1313	47.22	48.76	80.04
7	SM Gavaskar	158	359	44.01	48.30	79.29
8	AM Rahane	525	1138	46.13	46.51	76.34
9	VVS Laxman	1146	2535	45.21	46.04	75.58
10	RS Dravid	1511	3934	38.41	39.20	64.34

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	SM Gavaskar	290.00	271.01	250.00	79.29	890.29
2	RS Dravid	300.00	249.42	191.43	64.34	805.18
3	AM Rahane	190.91	300.00	141.69	76.34	708.93
4	V Kohli	240.00	177.97	171.47	84.22	673.66
5	M Amarnath	181.15	216.76	160.01	82.07	639.99
6	VVS Laxman	227.53	180.85	155.76	75.58	639.71
7	DN Sardesai	155.12	196.78	199.28	82.07	633.26
8	SR Tendulkar	123.10	183.00	152.49	80.04	538.62
9	KL Rahul	122.55	194.59	104.06	84.20	505.40
10	V Sehwag	70.88	176.59	115.51	140.83	503.81