Top 10 Indian Batsmen Vs Australia In Test Cricket

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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 against Australia in Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2025-02-15

TVO RATING

This rating considers performances of players from specific teams in particular nations or against particular oppositions.

Team (T) IND
Venue (V) ALL
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 10

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 1977 1986 1981.5 31 1550 240.00
1 SM Gavaskar IND 1977 1986 1981.5 31 1550 240.00
2 GR Viswanath IND 1969 1981 1975 31 1538 238.14
3 DB Vengsarkar IND 1977 1992 1984.5 38 1304 201.91
4 RJ Shastri IND 1985 1992 1988.5 10 622 96.31
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS SR Tendulkar IND 1991 2013 2002 74 3630 300.00
1 SR Tendulkar IND 1991 2013 2002 74 3630 300.00
2 VVS Laxman IND 1998 2012 2005 54 2434 201.16
3 RS Dravid IND 1996 2012 2004 60 2143 177.11
4 V Sehwag IND 2003 2013 2008 43 1738 143.64
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS V Kohli IND 2011 2025 2018 53 2232 260.00
1 V Kohli IND 2011 2025 2018 53 2232 260.00
2 CA Pujara IND 2010 2023 2016.5 45 2074 241.59

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 500

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 100s AVE R AVE RAT
TS RJ Shastri 10 2 622 2 77.75 81.73 300.00
1 RJ Shastri 10 2 622 2 77.75 81.73 300.00
2 SR Tendulkar 74 8 3630 11 55.00 58.46 214.59
3 GR Viswanath 31 2 1538 4 53.03 56.13 206.04
4 CA Pujara 45 3 2074 5 49.38 54.55 200.23
5 SM Gavaskar 31 1 1550 8 51.67 53.70 197.14
6 VVS Laxman 54 5 2434 6 49.67 52.53 192.84
7 V Kohli 53 2 2232 9 43.76 48.22 177.00
8 V Sehwag 43 1 1738 3 41.38 43.09 158.19
9 RS Dravid 60 6 2143 2 39.69 41.95 153.99
10 DB Vengsarkar 38 4 1304 2 38.35 41.05 150.69

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 VVS Laxman 281 200* 178 167 148 194.80 250.00
1 VVS Laxman 281 200* 178 167 148 194.80 250.00
2 SR Tendulkar 241* 214 177 155* 154* 188.20 241.53
3 CA Pujara 204 202 193 123 106 165.60 212.53
4 V Kohli 186 169 147 141 123 153.20 196.61
5 SM Gavaskar 172 166* 127 123 118 141.20 181.21
6 RS Dravid 233 180 93 92 91* 137.80 176.85
7 V Sehwag 195 155 151 92 90 136.60 175.31
8 GR Viswanath 161* 137 131 114 96 127.80 164.01
9 DB Vengsarkar 164* 112 89 78 75 103.60 132.96
10 RJ Shastri 206 121* 62 49 48* 97.20 124.74

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 500
Min Average 25
RANK BATSMAN R4BF BF SR R SR RAT
TS N Kapil Dev 672 869 77.33 82.29 150.00
1 V Sehwag 1738 2311 75.21 73.87 134.64
2 SR Tendulkar 3630 6115 59.36 59.47 108.39
3 GR Viswanath 1369 2828 48.41 54.29 98.95
4 VVS Laxman 2434 4481 54.32 53.87 98.18
5 V Kohli 2232 4292 52.00 50.89 92.77
6 SM Gavaskar 1462 3336 43.82 47.27 86.15
7 RJ Shastri 622 1513 41.11 43.12 78.60
8 DB Vengsarkar 1154 2913 39.62 42.84 78.08
9 CA Pujara 2074 4903 42.30 41.54 75.71
10 RS Dravid 2143 5431 39.46 39.17 71.39

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 300.00 214.59 241.53 108.39 864.51
2 VVS Laxman 201.16 192.84 250.00 98.18 742.18
3 CA Pujara 241.59 200.23 212.53 75.71 730.06
4 V Kohli 260.00 177.00 196.61 92.77 726.39
5 GR Viswanath 238.14 206.04 164.01 98.95 707.15
6 SM Gavaskar 240.00 197.14 181.21 86.15 704.50
7 V Sehwag 143.64 158.19 175.31 134.64 611.77
8 RJ Shastri 96.31 300.00 124.74 78.60 599.65
9 RS Dravid 177.11 153.99 176.85 71.39 579.34
10 DB Vengsarkar 201.91 150.69 132.96 78.08 563.63


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