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Top 10 Indian Test Batsmen Vs England 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 England 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) ENG

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 SM Gavaskar IND 39 1331 300.00
1 SM Gavaskar IND 39 1331 300.00
2 GR Viswanath IND 30 1022 230.35
3 V Kohli IND 21 1015 228.78
4 CA Pujara IND 21 972 219.08
5 SR Tendulkar IND 23 960 216.38
6 VL Manjrekar IND 18 885 199.47
7 ML Jaisimha IND 18 843 190.01
8 RG Sharma IND 16 745 167.92
9 YB Jaiswal IND 9 712 160.48
10 M Azharuddin IND 8 653 147.18

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 M Azharuddin 8 1 653 4 93.29 85.93 300.00
1 M Azharuddin 8 1 653 4 93.29 85.93 300.00
2 YB Jaiswal 9 1 712 2 89.00 85.82 299.62
3 VL Manjrekar 18 2 885 2 55.31 55.99 195.47
4 V Kohli 21 3 1015 3 56.39 54.12 188.96
5 RG Sharma 16 1 745 3 49.67 49.14 171.57
6 CA Pujara 21 2 972 4 51.16 49.10 171.43
7 ML Jaisimha 18 0 843 2 46.83 46.56 162.57
8 SR Tendulkar 23 3 960 3 48.00 44.55 155.53
9 GR Viswanath 30 2 1022 3 36.50 41.99 146.58
10 SM Gavaskar 39 2 1331 2 35.97 40.73 142.20

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 717 908 78.96 90.98 100.00
1 YB Jaiswal 712 891 79.91 74.96 82.39
2 M Azharuddin 653 1212 53.88 59.48 65.37
3 RG Sharma 745 1218 61.17 58.41 64.20
4 GR Viswanath 1022 2357 43.36 53.37 58.66
5 SR Tendulkar 960 1936 49.59 50.85 55.88
6 V Kohli 1015 1983 51.19 50.19 55.16
7 VL Manjrekar 74 228 32.46 NA 54.95
8 ML Jaisimha 0 0 NK NA 54.95
9 CA Pujara 972 2026 47.98 47.04 51.70
10 SM Gavaskar 1331 3490 38.14 46.27 50.86

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 V Kohli 235 167 103 81 72 131.60 300.00
1 V Kohli 235 167 103 81 72 131.60 300.00
2 CA Pujara 206* 135 124 119 73 131.40 299.54
3 YB Jaiswal 214* 209 80 73 57 126.60 288.60
4 GR Viswanath 222 113 107 79* 75* 119.20 271.73
5 M Azharuddin 182 122 110 105 54* 114.60 261.25
6 VL Manjrekar 189* 108 96 85 84 112.40 256.23
7 SR Tendulkar 165 103* 103 90 88 109.80 250.30
8 RG Sharma 161 131 103 66 55 103.20 235.26
9 SM Gavaskar 172 108 83* 71 69 100.60 229.33
10 ML Jaisimha 129 127 70 66 56 89.60 204.26

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 YB Jaiswal 160.48 299.62 82.39 288.60 831.09
2 M Azharuddin 147.18 300.00 65.37 261.25 773.80
3 V Kohli 228.78 188.96 55.16 300.00 772.90
4 CA Pujara 219.08 171.43 51.70 299.54 741.77
5 SM Gavaskar 300.00 142.20 50.86 229.33 722.39
6 GR Viswanath 230.35 146.58 58.66 271.73 707.33
7 VL Manjrekar 199.47 195.47 54.95 256.23 706.13
8 SR Tendulkar 216.38 155.53 55.88 250.30 678.10
9 RG Sharma 167.92 171.57 64.20 235.26 638.95
10 ML Jaisimha 190.01 162.57 54.95 204.26 611.79

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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