Top 10 Indian Batsmen Vs England In Test Cricket

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 England in Test cricket.

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

CONTENTS

5. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL

6. ATTACKING

7. TEAM VEN OPP RATING

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
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

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	1971	1986	1978.5	67	2483	300.00
1	SM Gavaskar	IND	1971	1986	1978.5	67	2483	300.00
2	GR Viswanath	IND	1971	1982	1976.5	54	1880	227.14
3	DB Vengsarkar	IND	1977	1990	1983.5	43	1589	191.99
4	N Kapil Dev	IND	1979	1993	1986	39	1355	163.71
5	M Azharuddin	IND	1984	1996	1990	24	1278	154.41

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	SR Tendulkar	IND	1990	2012	2001	53	2535	300.00
1	SR Tendulkar	IND	1990	2012	2001	53	2535	300.00
2	RS Dravid	IND	1996	2011	2003.5	37	1950	230.77

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	V Kohli	IND	2012	2022	2017	50	1991	280.00
1	V Kohli	IND	2012	2022	2017	50	1991	280.00
2	CA Pujara	IND	2012	2022	2017	49	1778	250.05
3	RG Sharma	IND	2014	2024	2019	26	1147	161.31

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	RS Dravid	37	5	1950	7	60.94	61.96	300.00
1	RS Dravid	37	5	1950	7	60.94	61.96	300.00
2	M Azharuddin	24	2	1278	6	58.09	57.43	278.09
3	SR Tendulkar	53	4	2535	7	51.73	52.36	253.54
4	RG Sharma	26	2	1147	4	47.79	52.00	251.78
5	V Kohli	50	3	1991	5	42.36	45.37	219.65
6	DB Vengsarkar	43	6	1589	5	42.95	43.90	212.53
7	CA Pujara	49	4	1778	5	39.51	42.23	204.49
8	N Kapil Dev	39	6	1355	2	41.06	41.29	199.90
9	GR Viswanath	54	4	1880	4	37.60	40.55	196.35
10	SM Gavaskar	67	2	2483	4	38.20	40.49	196.05

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	193	177	165	122	119*	155.20	250.00
1	SR Tendulkar	193	177	165	122	119*	155.20	250.00
2	RS Dravid	217	148	146*	136	117	152.80	246.13
3	V Kohli	235	167	149	103	103	151.40	243.88
4	CA Pujara	206*	135	132*	124	119	143.20	230.67
5	M Azharuddin	182	179	122	121	110	142.80	230.03
6	SM Gavaskar	221	172	108	101	83*	137.00	220.68
7	GR Viswanath	222	113	113	107	79*	126.80	204.25
8	DB Vengsarkar	157	137	126*	103	102*	125.00	201.35
9	RG Sharma	161	131	127	103	83	121.00	194.91
10	N Kapil Dev	116	110	97	89	77*	97.80	157.54

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	89.99	150.00
1	N Kapil Dev	1355	1587	85.38	89.99	150.00
2	M Azharuddin	1278	2235	57.18	58.89	98.16
3	SR Tendulkar	2535	4852	52.25	51.66	86.10
4	V Kohli	1991	3824	52.07	50.29	83.82
5	RG Sharma	1147	2173	52.78	49.84	83.07
6	DB Vengsarkar	1589	3605	44.08	46.92	78.21
7	GR Viswanath	1880	4544	41.37	45.93	76.55
8	SM Gavaskar	2483	6245	39.76	43.60	72.66
9	CA Pujara	1778	4090	43.47	41.94	69.90
10	RS Dravid	1950	4715	41.36	40.52	67.55

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	253.54	250.00	86.10	889.64
2	RS Dravid	230.77	300.00	246.13	67.55	844.45
3	V Kohli	280.00	219.65	243.88	83.82	827.35
4	SM Gavaskar	300.00	196.05	220.68	72.66	789.39
5	M Azharuddin	154.41	278.09	230.03	98.16	760.68
6	CA Pujara	250.05	204.49	230.67	69.90	755.10
7	GR Viswanath	227.14	196.35	204.25	76.55	704.30
8	RG Sharma	161.31	251.78	194.91	83.07	691.07
9	DB Vengsarkar	191.99	212.53	201.35	78.21	684.08
10	N Kapil Dev	163.71	199.90	157.54	150.00	671.15