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Top 10 Indian Test Batsmen Vs Australia In India

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All Test Ratings on the website are from 01/01/1950 onwards (Know Why). They are updated till 2026-02-05. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section and at the end (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 10 batsmen from India against Australia in India in Test cricket.

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
5. ATTACKING
6. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL
7. TEAM VEN OPP RATING
8. BRIEF EXPLANATION
8.1. Dynamic Nature
8.2. Trend Setter (TS)
8.3. Abbreviations
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
Attacking Strike Rate 100.00
Big Innings Potential Top Scores 300.00

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings 7
Min Runs 250

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS SR Tendulkar IND 36 1821 300.00
1 SR Tendulkar IND 36 1821 300.00
2 VVS Laxman IND 25 1198 197.36
3 CA Pujara IND 22 1040 171.33
4 RS Dravid IND 30 1000 164.74
5 GR Viswanath IND 16 852 140.36
6 M Vijay IND 16 793 130.64
7 V Sehwag IND 23 790 130.15
8 MS Dhoni IND 15 679 111.86
9 SM Gavaskar IND 12 630 103.79
10 DB Vengsarkar IND 10 558 91.93

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 66.67 300.00
1 DB Vengsarkar 10 2 558 2 69.75 66.67 300.00
2 VVS Laxman 25 4 1198 2 57.05 62.74 282.32
3 GR Viswanath 16 2 852 3 60.86 62.20 279.88
4 SR Tendulkar 36 4 1821 5 56.91 59.43 267.44
5 MS Dhoni 15 3 679 1 56.58 57.80 260.11
6 CA Pujara 22 3 1040 2 54.74 53.88 242.47
7 SM Gavaskar 12 0 630 3 52.50 49.06 220.78
8 M Vijay 16 0 793 3 49.56 48.39 217.74
9 V Sehwag 23 1 790 1 35.91 39.12 176.02
10 RS Dravid 30 2 1000 1 35.71 38.59 173.64

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 93.85 100.00
1 V Sehwag 790 1024 77.15 75.79 80.76
2 MS Dhoni 679 971 69.93 66.46 70.82
3 SR Tendulkar 1821 3043 59.84 58.95 62.81
4 VVS Laxman 1198 2117 56.59 56.78 60.50
5 SM Gavaskar 542 1046 51.82 56.53 60.24
6 GR Viswanath 756 1630 46.38 56.53 60.23
7 DB Vengsarkar 486 1067 45.55 50.99 54.33
8 CA Pujara 1040 2174 47.84 46.00 49.01
9 M Vijay 793 1658 47.83 45.52 48.50
10 RS Dravid 1000 2559 39.08 39.31 41.89

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* 126 109 156.20 300.00
1 SR Tendulkar 214 177 155* 126 109 156.20 300.00
2 VVS Laxman 281 200* 95 73* 69 143.60 275.80
3 CA Pujara 204 202 92 82* 72 130.40 250.45
4 M Vijay 167 153 139 82 57 119.60 229.71
5 GR Viswanath 161* 137 131 96 59 116.80 224.33
6 SM Gavaskar 123 115 103 90 76 101.40 194.75
7 MS Dhoni 224 92 68* 56 55 99.00 190.14
8 RS Dravid 180 86 81 77 60 96.80 185.92
9 DB Vengsarkar 164* 112 89 65 52 96.40 185.15
10 V Sehwag 155 92 90 66 59 92.40 177.46

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 ATT BIP TVO RAT
1 SR Tendulkar 300.00 267.44 62.81 300.00 930.25
2 VVS Laxman 197.36 282.32 60.50 275.80 815.98
3 CA Pujara 171.33 242.47 49.01 250.45 713.26
4 GR Viswanath 140.36 279.88 60.23 224.33 704.80
5 MS Dhoni 111.86 260.11 70.82 190.14 632.93
6 DB Vengsarkar 91.93 300.00 54.33 185.15 631.40
7 M Vijay 130.64 217.74 48.50 229.71 626.58
8 SM Gavaskar 103.79 220.78 60.24 194.75 579.56
9 RS Dravid 164.74 173.64 41.89 185.92 566.18
10 V Sehwag 130.15 176.02 80.76 177.46 564.40

BRIEF EXPLANATION

Dynamic Nature

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.

Trend Setter (TS)

  1. TS is the player who does the best in a criteria.
  2. The rating of all other players are calculated taking the TS as the benchmark. Example:-
  3. TS Runs: 2,000; Player X Runs: 1,000; Section Points: 250.00
  4. TS Points: 250.00 (Max)
  5. Player X Points: Runs/TS Runs X 250 = 1,000/2,000 X 250 = 125.00.
  6. Ratings of all sections are calculated similarly with Runs being replaced by the Criteria Stat.
  7. Know All About the Trend Setter
    8. .

Abbreviations

  1. AVE - Average or Runs/(Inns - Not Out)
  2. BF - Balls Faced
  3. FP - First Played by Year
  4. INF - Infinite
  5. LP - Last Played by Year
  6. MP - Middle Played or (FP+LP)/2
  7. NA - Not Applicable
  8. NI - Not In Top
  9. NK - Not Known
  10. NO, * - Not Out
  11. NQ - Not Qualified
  12. OPP - Opposition
  13. R4BF - Runs for available data of balls
  14. SR - Strike Rate or Runs/Balls
  15. TS - Trend Setter
  16. TT - Top Teams

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