Top 10 Indian Test Batsmen Vs Australia In India

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 against Australia in India 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)	IND
Oposition (O)	AUS

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	GR Viswanath	IND	1969	1979	1974	16	852	250.00
1	GR Viswanath	IND	1969	1979	1974	16	852	250.00
2	SM Gavaskar	IND	1979	1986	1982.5	12	630	184.86
3	DB Vengsarkar	IND	1979	1986	1982.5	10	558	163.73

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	SR Tendulkar	IND	1996	2013	2004.5	36	1821	300.00
1	SR Tendulkar	IND	1996	2013	2004.5	36	1821	300.00
2	VVS Laxman	IND	1998	2010	2004	25	1198	197.36
3	M Vijay	IND	2008	2017	2012.5	16	793	130.64
4	V Sehwag	IND	2004	2013	2008.5	23	790	130.15
5	MS Dhoni	IND	2008	2013	2010.5	15	679	111.86

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	CA Pujara	IND	2010	2023	2016.5	22	1040	260.00
1	CA Pujara	IND	2010	2023	2016.5	22	1040	260.00
2	V Kohli	IND	2013	2023	2018	17	627	156.75

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	DB Vengsarkar	10	2	558	2	69.75	70.60	300.00
1	DB Vengsarkar	10	2	558	2	69.75	70.60	300.00
2	GR Viswanath	16	2	852	3	60.86	63.52	269.91
3	VVS Laxman	25	4	1198	2	57.05	60.31	256.30
4	SR Tendulkar	36	4	1821	5	56.91	59.80	254.13
5	CA Pujara	22	3	1040	2	54.74	59.26	251.81
6	MS Dhoni	15	3	679	1	56.58	58.94	250.45
7	SM Gavaskar	12	0	630	3	52.50	52.04	221.15
8	M Vijay	16	0	793	3	49.56	51.83	220.24
9	V Kohli	17	1	627	2	39.19	42.85	182.07
10	V Sehwag	23	1	790	1	35.91	37.26	158.35

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	214	177	155*	126	109	156.20	250.00
1	SR Tendulkar	214	177	155*	126	109	156.20	250.00
2	VVS Laxman	281	200*	95	73*	69	143.60	229.83
3	CA Pujara	204	202	92	82*	72	130.40	208.71
4	M Vijay	167	153	139	82	57	119.60	191.42
5	GR Viswanath	161*	137	131	96	59	116.80	186.94
6	SM Gavaskar	123	115	103	90	76	101.40	162.29
7	MS Dhoni	224	92	68*	56	55	99.00	158.45
8	DB Vengsarkar	164*	112	89	65	52	96.40	154.29
9	V Sehwag	155	92	90	66	59	92.40	147.89
10	V Kohli	186	107	67*	44	41	89.00	142.45

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	317	370	85.68	91.34	150.00
1	V Sehwag	790	1024	77.15	76.52	125.66
2	MS Dhoni	679	971	69.93	69.15	113.57
3	SR Tendulkar	1821	3043	59.84	59.86	98.30
4	VVS Laxman	1198	2117	56.59	56.54	92.86
5	SM Gavaskar	542	1046	51.82	55.14	90.56
6	GR Viswanath	756	1630	46.38	53.22	87.40
7	V Kohli	627	1243	50.44	49.87	81.89
8	DB Vengsarkar	486	1067	45.55	49.32	81.00
9	CA Pujara	1040	2174	47.84	47.19	77.50
10	M Vijay	793	1658	47.83	47.15	77.42

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	254.13	250.00	98.30	902.43
2	CA Pujara	260.00	251.81	208.71	77.50	798.02
3	GR Viswanath	250.00	269.91	186.94	87.40	794.24
4	VVS Laxman	197.36	256.30	229.83	92.86	776.36
5	DB Vengsarkar	163.73	300.00	154.29	81.00	699.02
6	SM Gavaskar	184.86	221.15	162.29	90.56	658.86
7	MS Dhoni	111.86	250.45	158.45	113.57	634.33
8	M Vijay	130.64	220.24	191.42	77.42	619.73
9	V Kohli	156.75	182.07	142.45	81.89	563.15
10	V Sehwag	130.15	158.35	147.89	125.66	562.05