Top 10 Indian Batsmen Vs Pakistan 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 Pakistan 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)	PAK

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	1978	1987	1982.5	41	2089	300.00
1	SM Gavaskar	IND	1978	1987	1982.5	41	2089	300.00
2	DB Vengsarkar	IND	1978	1987	1982.5	35	1284	184.39
3	M Amarnath	IND	1978	1987	1982.5	28	1080	155.10
4	N Kapil Dev	IND	1978	1989	1983.5	41	1054	151.36

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	V Sehwag	IND	2004	2006	2005	14	1276	260.00
1	V Sehwag	IND	2004	2006	2005	14	1276	260.00
2	RS Dravid	IND	1999	2007	2003	26	1236	251.85
3	SR Tendulkar	IND	1989	2007	1998	27	1057	215.38
4	SC Ganguly	IND	1999	2007	2003	20	902	183.79
5	VVS Laxman	IND	1999	2007	2003	25	775	157.92
6	M Azharuddin	IND	1987	1999	1993	19	769	156.69

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	V Sehwag	14	0	1276	4	91.14	87.41	300.00
1	V Sehwag	14	0	1276	4	91.14	87.41	300.00
2	SM Gavaskar	41	4	2089	5	56.46	58.10	199.41
3	RS Dravid	26	3	1236	5	53.74	53.08	182.19
4	SC Ganguly	20	1	902	2	47.47	47.47	162.94
5	M Amarnath	28	4	1080	4	45.00	46.58	159.87
6	DB Vengsarkar	35	6	1284	2	44.28	45.71	156.90
7	M Azharuddin	19	0	769	3	40.47	43.84	150.47
8	SR Tendulkar	27	2	1057	2	42.28	43.10	147.93
9	VVS Laxman	25	7	775	1	43.06	42.63	146.32
10	N Kapil Dev	41	2	1054	0	27.03	28.26	97.01

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	V Sehwag	309	254	201	173	90	205.40	250.00
1	V Sehwag	309	254	201	173	90	205.40	250.00
2	RS Dravid	270	135	128*	110	103	149.20	181.60
3	SM Gavaskar	166	137	127*	111	103*	128.80	156.77
4	SC Ganguly	239	102	91	77	62*	114.20	139.00
5	SR Tendulkar	194*	136	94	82	59	113.00	137.54
6	DB Vengsarkar	146*	109	96	89	83	104.60	127.31
7	M Amarnath	120	109*	103*	101*	89	104.40	127.07
8	M Azharuddin	141	110	109	77	67	100.80	122.69
9	VVS Laxman	112*	90	79*	72*	71	84.80	103.21
10	N Kapil Dev	84	73	69	66	59	70.20	85.44

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	801	1030	77.77	84.89	150.00
1	N Kapil Dev	801	1030	77.77	84.89	150.00
2	V Sehwag	1276	1591	80.20	77.74	137.36
3	SC Ganguly	902	1630	55.34	55.11	97.38
4	M Azharuddin	608	1183	51.39	55.04	97.25
5	SR Tendulkar	1057	2114	50.00	50.39	89.04
6	VVS Laxman	775	1532	50.59	49.93	88.23
7	SM Gavaskar	1383	3035	45.57	49.79	87.98
8	M Amarnath	604	1402	43.08	47.25	83.49
9	RS Dravid	1236	2732	45.24	44.62	78.84
10	DB Vengsarkar	735	1938	37.93	41.42	73.19

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	V Sehwag	260.00	300.00	250.00	137.36	947.36
2	SM Gavaskar	300.00	199.41	156.77	87.98	744.16
3	RS Dravid	251.85	182.19	181.60	78.84	694.48
4	SR Tendulkar	215.38	147.93	137.54	89.04	589.88
5	SC Ganguly	183.79	162.94	139.00	97.38	583.10
6	DB Vengsarkar	184.39	156.90	127.31	73.19	541.80
7	M Azharuddin	156.69	150.47	122.69	97.25	527.10
8	M Amarnath	155.10	159.87	127.07	83.49	525.53
9	VVS Laxman	157.92	146.32	103.21	88.23	495.68
10	N Kapil Dev	151.36	97.01	85.44	150.00	483.82