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Top 10 Indian Batsmen Vs England 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 England 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) 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 10
Min Runs 250

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS SR Tendulkar IND 53 2535 300.00
1 SR Tendulkar IND 53 2535 300.00
2 SM Gavaskar IND 67 2483 293.85
3 V Kohli IND 50 1991 235.62
4 RS Dravid IND 37 1950 230.77
5 GR Viswanath IND 54 1880 222.49
6 CA Pujara IND 49 1778 210.41
7 KL Rahul IND 34 1487 175.98
8 S Gill IND 28 1346 159.29
9 M Azharuddin IND 24 1278 151.24
10 YB Jaiswal IND 19 1123 132.90

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 YB Jaiswal 19 1 1123 4 62.39 66.08 300.00
1 YB Jaiswal 19 1 1123 4 62.39 66.08 300.00
2 RS Dravid 37 5 1950 7 60.94 61.93 281.17
3 M Azharuddin 24 2 1278 6 58.09 54.99 249.67
4 S Gill 28 2 1346 6 51.77 54.78 248.73
5 SR Tendulkar 53 4 2535 7 51.73 50.39 228.79
6 KL Rahul 34 0 1487 5 43.74 48.78 221.47
7 V Kohli 50 3 1991 5 42.36 44.96 204.11
8 GR Viswanath 54 4 1880 4 37.60 44.06 200.03
9 SM Gavaskar 67 2 2483 4 38.20 43.90 199.29
10 CA Pujara 49 4 1778 5 39.51 41.94 190.43

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 1355 1587 85.38 96.18 100.00
1 YB Jaiswal 1123 1489 75.42 70.38 73.17
2 M Azharuddin 1278 2235 57.18 61.15 63.57
3 S Gill 1346 2154 62.49 59.03 61.37
4 SR Tendulkar 2535 4852 52.25 51.98 54.05
5 GR Viswanath 1880 4544 41.37 50.84 52.85
6 V Kohli 1991 3824 52.07 50.35 52.35
7 KL Rahul 1487 2810 52.92 50.27 52.27
8 SM Gavaskar 2483 6245 39.76 48.02 49.93
9 CA Pujara 1778 4090 43.47 42.08 43.75
10 RS Dravid 1950 4715 41.36 40.62 42.23

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 S Gill 269 161 147 110 104 158.20 300.00
1 S Gill 269 161 147 110 104 158.20 300.00
2 SR Tendulkar 193 177 165 122 119* 155.20 294.31
3 RS Dravid 217 148 146* 136 117 152.80 289.76
4 V Kohli 235 167 149 103 103 151.40 287.10
5 YB Jaiswal 214* 209 118 101 87 145.80 276.49
6 CA Pujara 206* 135 132* 124 119 143.20 271.55
7 M Azharuddin 182 179 122 121 110 142.80 270.80
7 KL Rahul 199 149 137 129 100 142.80 270.80
9 SM Gavaskar 221 172 108 101 83* 137.00 259.80
10 GR Viswanath 222 113 113 107 79* 126.80 240.46

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 300.00 228.79 54.05 294.31 877.14
2 RS Dravid 230.77 281.17 42.23 289.76 843.93
3 SM Gavaskar 293.85 199.29 49.93 259.80 802.86
4 YB Jaiswal 132.90 300.00 73.17 276.49 782.56
5 V Kohli 235.62 204.11 52.35 287.10 779.19
6 S Gill 159.29 248.73 61.37 300.00 769.39
7 M Azharuddin 151.24 249.67 63.57 270.80 735.28
8 KL Rahul 175.98 221.47 52.27 270.80 720.51
9 CA Pujara 210.41 190.43 43.75 271.55 716.15
10 GR Viswanath 222.49 200.03 52.85 240.46 715.82

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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