Top 10 Indian Batsmen Vs New Zealand 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 New Zealand 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)	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	Pataudi (Nawab of)	IND	1965	1969	1967	19	666	240.00
1	Pataudi (Nawab of)	IND	1965	1969	1967	19	666	240.00
2	SM Gavaskar	IND	1976	1981	1978.5	16	651	234.59
3	CG Borde	IND	1965	1968	1966.5	13	613	220.90

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	RS Dravid	IND	1998	2010	2004	28	1659	300.00
1	RS Dravid	IND	1998	2010	2004	28	1659	300.00
2	SR Tendulkar	IND	1990	2012	2001	39	1595	288.43
3	V Sehwag	IND	2002	2012	2007	21	883	159.67
4	VVS Laxman	IND	2002	2010	2006	17	818	147.92
5	M Azharuddin	IND	1988	1999	1993.5	14	796	143.94

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	V Kohli	IND	2012	2024	2018	27	959	260.00
1	V Kohli	IND	2012	2024	2018	27	959	260.00
2	CA Pujara	IND	2012	2021	2016.5	23	867	235.06

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	M Azharuddin	14	1	796	2	61.23	64.04	300.00
1	M Azharuddin	14	1	796	2	61.23	64.04	300.00
2	RS Dravid	28	2	1659	6	63.81	63.65	298.17
3	CG Borde	13	2	613	1	55.73	60.92	285.36
4	VVS Laxman	17	3	818	2	58.43	57.46	269.15
5	SR Tendulkar	39	5	1595	4	46.91	46.93	219.85
6	SM Gavaskar	16	1	651	2	43.40	44.00	206.13
7	V Sehwag	21	1	883	2	44.15	43.41	203.35
8	CA Pujara	23	1	867	2	39.41	41.38	193.85
9	V Kohli	27	2	959	3	38.36	40.87	191.45
10	Pataudi (Nawab of)	19	0	666	2	35.05	39.31	184.13

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	190	144	104	170.20	250.00
1	RS Dravid	222	191	190	144	104	170.20	250.00
2	SR Tendulkar	217	160	126*	113	88	140.80	206.82
3	V Kohli	211	105*	103	70	67	111.20	163.34
4	V Sehwag	173	130	96	74	54*	105.40	154.82
5	M Azharuddin	192	103*	87	81	63	105.20	154.52
6	CA Pujara	159	101*	87	78	62	97.40	143.07
7	VVS Laxman	124*	104*	91	76	74	93.80	137.78
8	Pataudi (Nawab of)	153	113	67	52	51	87.20	128.08
9	SM Gavaskar	119	116	71	66	53	85.00	124.85
10	CG Borde	109	87	68	65*	62	78.20	114.86

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	V Sehwag	883	1059	83.38	82.39	150.00
1	V Sehwag	883	1059	83.38	82.39	150.00
2	M Azharuddin	796	1334	59.67	63.11	114.89
3	SR Tendulkar	1595	2980	53.52	54.49	99.20
4	V Kohli	959	1779	53.91	51.44	93.65
5	Pataudi (Nawab of)	0	0	NA	NA	91.03
6	CG Borde	0	0	NA	NA	91.03
7	RS Dravid	1659	3668	45.23	45.95	83.65
8	VVS Laxman	818	1810	45.19	44.82	81.59
9	CA Pujara	867	2061	42.07	40.73	74.15
10	SM Gavaskar	126	351	35.90	39.76	72.38

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	298.17	250.00	83.65	931.82
2	SR Tendulkar	288.43	219.85	206.82	99.20	814.29
3	M Azharuddin	143.94	300.00	154.52	114.89	713.36
4	CG Borde	220.90	285.36	114.86	91.03	712.15
5	V Kohli	260.00	191.45	163.34	93.65	708.44
6	V Sehwag	159.67	203.35	154.82	150.00	667.84
7	CA Pujara	235.06	193.85	143.07	74.15	646.12
8	Pataudi (Nawab of)	240.00	184.13	128.08	91.03	643.24
9	SM Gavaskar	234.59	206.13	124.85	72.38	637.96
10	VVS Laxman	147.92	269.15	137.78	81.59	636.44