Top 10 Indian Test Batsmen Vs New Zealand In India

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 New Zealand in India 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)	IND
Oposition (O)	NZ

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	VL Manjrekar	IND	1955	1965	1960	8	507	260.00
1	VL Manjrekar	IND	1955	1965	1960	8	507	260.00
2	Pataudi (Nawab of)	IND	1965	1969	1967	12	445	228.21

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	RS Dravid	IND	1999	2010	2004.5	14	893	300.00
1	RS Dravid	IND	1999	2010	2004.5	14	893	300.00
2	SR Tendulkar	IND	1995	2012	2003.5	21	753	252.97
3	V Sehwag	IND	2003	2012	2007.5	12	703	236.17
4	VVS Laxman	IND	2003	2010	2006.5	8	496	166.63
5	SC Ganguly	IND	1999	2003	2001	7	369	123.96

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	CA Pujara	IND	2012	2021	2016.5	13	684	280.00
1	CA Pujara	IND	2012	2021	2016.5	13	684	280.00
2	V Kohli	IND	2012	2024	2018	17	650	266.08
3	AM Rahane	IND	2016	2021	2018.5	8	386	158.01

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	VL Manjrekar	8	2	507	3	84.50	77.42	300.00
1	VL Manjrekar	8	2	507	3	84.50	77.42	300.00
2	VVS Laxman	8	2	496	1	82.67	76.90	297.99
3	SC Ganguly	7	2	369	2	73.80	72.22	279.83
4	RS Dravid	14	0	893	4	63.79	61.66	238.93
5	V Sehwag	12	1	703	2	63.91	60.53	234.54
6	CA Pujara	13	1	684	2	57.00	58.05	224.91
7	AM Rahane	8	1	386	1	55.14	54.83	212.44
8	SR Tendulkar	21	4	753	2	44.29	43.39	168.13
9	V Kohli	17	1	650	2	40.63	42.62	165.13
10	Pataudi (Nawab of)	12	0	445	2	37.08	41.90	162.35

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	RS Dravid	222	191	144	104	73	146.80	250.00
1	RS Dravid	222	191	144	104	73	146.80	250.00
2	V Sehwag	173	130	96	74	54*	105.40	179.50
3	SR Tendulkar	217	126*	61	55	52*	102.20	174.05
4	VL Manjrekar	177	118	102*	90	19	101.20	172.34
5	V Kohli	211	103	70	58	51*	98.60	167.92
6	CA Pujara	159	101*	87	78	62	97.40	165.87
7	VVS Laxman	104*	91	74	67*	64	80.00	136.24
8	Pataudi (Nawab of)	153	113	67	29	28	78.00	132.83
9	SC Ganguly	125	100*	64*	53	25	73.40	125.00
10	AM Rahane	188	77	40	35	23*	72.60	123.64

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	V Sehwag	703	874	80.43	79.47	150.00
1	V Sehwag	703	874	80.43	79.47	150.00
2	SC Ganguly	369	632	58.39	60.92	114.98
3	V Kohli	650	1180	55.08	51.90	97.96
4	SR Tendulkar	753	1511	49.83	50.71	95.72
5	VL Manjrekar	0	0	NA	NA	94.37
6	Pataudi (Nawab of)	0	0	NA	NA	94.37
7	AM Rahane	386	758	50.92	49.31	93.06
8	RS Dravid	893	1915	46.63	47.90	90.41
9	CA Pujara	684	1393	49.10	47.27	89.21
10	VVS Laxman	496	1161	42.72	42.53	80.27

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	RS Dravid	300.00	238.93	250.00	90.41	879.34
2	VL Manjrekar	260.00	300.00	172.34	94.37	826.71
3	V Sehwag	236.17	234.54	179.50	150.00	800.20
4	CA Pujara	280.00	224.91	165.87	89.21	760.00
5	V Kohli	266.08	165.13	167.92	97.96	697.10
6	SR Tendulkar	252.97	168.13	174.05	95.72	690.86
7	VVS Laxman	166.63	297.99	136.24	80.27	681.13
8	SC Ganguly	123.96	279.83	125.00	114.98	643.77
9	Pataudi (Nawab of)	228.21	162.35	132.83	94.37	617.76
10	AM Rahane	158.01	212.44	123.64	93.06	587.15