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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). 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 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) 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
Attacking Strike Rate 100.00
Big Innings Potential Top Scores 300.00

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings 10
Min Runs 250

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS SR Tendulkar IND 74 3630 300.00
1 SR Tendulkar IND 74 3630 300.00
2 VVS Laxman IND 54 2434 201.16
3 V Kohli IND 53 2232 184.46
4 RS Dravid IND 60 2143 177.11
5 CA Pujara IND 45 2074 171.40
6 V Sehwag IND 43 1738 143.64
7 SM Gavaskar IND 31 1550 128.10
8 GR Viswanath IND 31 1538 127.11
9 M Vijay IND 28 1324 109.42
10 RJ Shastri IND 10 622 51.40

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 77.86 300.00
1 RJ Shastri 10 2 622 2 77.75 77.86 300.00
2 SR Tendulkar 74 8 3630 11 55.00 59.90 230.80
3 GR Viswanath 31 2 1538 4 53.03 57.67 222.22
4 VVS Laxman 54 5 2434 6 49.67 56.30 216.92
5 SM Gavaskar 31 1 1550 8 51.67 54.87 211.40
6 CA Pujara 45 3 2074 5 49.38 52.13 200.87
7 M Vijay 28 0 1324 4 47.29 48.73 187.75
8 V Kohli 53 2 2232 9 43.76 48.16 185.56
9 V Sehwag 43 1 1738 3 41.38 45.89 176.83
10 RS Dravid 60 6 2143 2 39.69 44.50 171.45

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 500
Min Average 25

RANK BATSMAN R4BF BF SR R SR RAT
TS N Kapil Dev 672 869 77.33 86.03 100.00
1 V Sehwag 1738 2311 75.21 74.70 86.83
2 SR Tendulkar 3630 6115 59.36 60.21 69.99
3 GR Viswanath 1369 2828 48.41 57.71 67.08
4 VVS Laxman 2434 4481 54.32 55.19 64.15
5 V Kohli 2232 4292 52.00 50.72 58.96
6 SM Gavaskar 1462 3336 43.82 49.47 57.50
7 M Vijay 1324 2717 48.73 47.03 54.67
8 RJ Shastri 622 1513 41.11 43.78 50.89
9 CA Pujara 2074 4903 42.30 40.96 47.61
10 RS Dravid 2143 5431 39.46 40.11 46.62

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* 178 167 148 194.80 300.00
1 VVS Laxman 281 200* 178 167 148 194.80 300.00
2 SR Tendulkar 241* 214 177 155* 154* 188.20 289.84
3 CA Pujara 204 202 193 123 106 165.60 255.03
4 V Kohli 186 169 147 141 123 153.20 235.93
5 SM Gavaskar 172 166* 127 123 118 141.20 217.45
6 M Vijay 167 153 144 139 99 140.40 216.22
7 RS Dravid 233 180 93 92 91* 137.80 212.22
8 V Sehwag 195 155 151 92 90 136.60 210.37
9 GR Viswanath 161* 137 131 114 96 127.80 196.82
10 RJ Shastri 206 121* 62 49 48* 97.20 149.69

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 300.00 230.80 69.99 289.84 890.62
2 VVS Laxman 201.16 216.92 64.15 300.00 782.23
3 CA Pujara 171.40 200.87 47.61 255.03 674.92
4 V Kohli 184.46 185.56 58.96 235.93 664.92
5 V Sehwag 143.64 176.83 86.83 210.37 617.66
6 SM Gavaskar 128.10 211.40 57.50 217.45 614.46
7 GR Viswanath 127.11 222.22 67.08 196.82 613.22
8 RS Dravid 177.11 171.45 46.62 212.22 607.39
9 M Vijay 109.42 187.75 54.67 216.22 568.06
10 RJ Shastri 51.40 300.00 50.89 149.69 551.99

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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