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Top 10 Indian Batsmen Vs New Zealand 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 New Zealand 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) NZ

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 RS Dravid IND 28 1659 300.00
1 RS Dravid IND 28 1659 300.00
2 SR Tendulkar IND 39 1595 288.43
3 V Kohli IND 27 959 173.42
4 V Sehwag IND 21 883 159.67
5 CA Pujara IND 23 867 156.78
6 VVS Laxman IND 17 818 147.92
7 M Azharuddin IND 14 796 143.94
8 G Gambhir IND 16 749 135.44
9 CG Borde IND 13 613 110.85
10 MS Dhoni IND 13 599 108.32

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 64.83 300.00
1 M Azharuddin 14 1 796 2 61.23 64.83 300.00
2 RS Dravid 28 2 1659 6 63.81 61.17 283.04
3 VVS Laxman 17 3 818 2 58.43 55.84 258.41
4 CG Borde 13 2 613 1 55.73 55.06 254.79
5 MS Dhoni 13 2 599 0 54.45 52.63 243.54
6 G Gambhir 16 2 749 2 53.50 47.46 219.59
7 SR Tendulkar 39 5 1595 4 46.91 45.20 209.18
8 V Sehwag 21 1 883 2 44.15 42.02 194.44
9 V Kohli 27 2 959 3 38.36 37.75 174.67
10 CA Pujara 23 1 867 2 39.41 37.01 171.27

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 84.00 100.00
1 V Sehwag 883 1059 83.38 84.00 100.00
2 M Azharuddin 796 1334 59.67 65.89 78.44
3 MS Dhoni 599 1009 59.37 58.62 69.79
4 SR Tendulkar 1595 2980 53.52 55.82 66.45
5 V Kohli 959 1779 53.91 52.11 62.04
6 CG Borde 0 0 NK NA 59.52
7 G Gambhir 749 1509 49.64 48.32 57.52
8 RS Dravid 1659 3668 45.23 46.63 55.51
9 VVS Laxman 818 1810 45.19 45.78 54.50
10 CA Pujara 867 2061 42.07 41.09 48.92

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 222 191 190 144 104 170.20 300.00
1 RS Dravid 222 191 190 144 104 170.20 300.00
2 SR Tendulkar 217 160 126* 113 88 140.80 248.18
3 V Kohli 211 105* 103 70 67 111.20 196.00
4 V Sehwag 173 130 96 74 54* 105.40 185.78
5 M Azharuddin 192 103* 87 81 63 105.20 185.43
6 G Gambhir 167 137 78 72 54 101.60 179.08
7 CA Pujara 159 101* 87 78 62 97.40 171.68
8 VVS Laxman 124* 104* 91 76 74 93.80 165.33
9 CG Borde 109 87 68 65* 62 78.20 137.84
10 MS Dhoni 98 73 68 62 56* 71.40 125.85

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 RS Dravid 300.00 283.04 55.51 300.00 938.56
2 SR Tendulkar 288.43 209.18 66.45 248.18 812.23
3 M Azharuddin 143.94 300.00 78.44 185.43 707.81
4 V Sehwag 159.67 194.44 100.00 185.78 639.89
5 VVS Laxman 147.92 258.41 54.50 165.33 626.17
6 V Kohli 173.42 174.67 62.04 196.00 606.12
7 G Gambhir 135.44 219.59 57.52 179.08 591.64
8 CG Borde 110.85 254.79 59.52 137.84 563.00
9 CA Pujara 156.78 171.27 48.92 171.68 548.65
10 MS Dhoni 108.32 243.54 69.79 125.85 547.50

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
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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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