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Top 10 Indian Batsmen Vs Pakistan In Test Cricket

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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 2025-09-10

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
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 10
Min Career Runs 1000

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS SM Gavaskar IND 41 2089 300.00
1 SM Gavaskar IND 41 2089 300.00
2 DB Vengsarkar IND 35 1284 184.39
3 V Sehwag IND 14 1276 183.25
4 RS Dravid IND 26 1236 177.50
5 M Amarnath IND 28 1080 155.10
6 SR Tendulkar IND 27 1057 151.80
7 N Kapil Dev IND 41 1054 151.36
8 SC Ganguly IND 20 902 129.54
9 RJ Shastri IND 22 801 115.03
10 M Azharuddin IND 19 769 110.44

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 79.90 300.00
1 V Sehwag 14 0 1276 4 91.14 79.90 300.00
2 SM Gavaskar 41 4 2089 5 56.46 55.34 207.77
3 RS Dravid 26 3 1236 5 53.74 49.50 185.83
4 M Amarnath 28 4 1080 4 45.00 44.68 167.76
5 M Azharuddin 19 0 769 3 40.47 44.40 166.72
6 SC Ganguly 20 1 902 2 47.47 43.89 164.78
7 DB Vengsarkar 35 6 1284 2 44.28 43.07 161.71
8 SR Tendulkar 27 2 1057 2 42.28 41.46 155.68
9 RJ Shastri 22 1 801 3 38.14 41.09 154.28
10 N Kapil Dev 41 2 1054 0 27.03 27.37 102.77

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 RJ Shastri 139 128 125 71 61 104.80 127.56
7 DB Vengsarkar 146* 109 96 89 83 104.60 127.31
8 M Amarnath 120 109* 103* 101* 89 104.40 127.07
9 M Azharuddin 141 110 109 77 67 100.80 122.69
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 86.70 150.00
1 N Kapil Dev 801 1030 77.77 86.70 150.00
2 V Sehwag 1276 1591 80.20 77.27 133.69
3 M Azharuddin 608 1183 51.39 57.30 99.14
4 SC Ganguly 902 1630 55.34 55.91 96.74
5 SR Tendulkar 1057 2114 50.00 50.95 88.16
6 SM Gavaskar 1383 3035 45.57 50.42 87.24
7 M Amarnath 604 1402 43.08 48.79 84.42
8 RS Dravid 1236 2732 45.24 45.30 78.38
9 DB Vengsarkar 735 1938 37.93 42.23 73.07
10 RJ Shastri 394 1122 35.12 39.42 68.21

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 183.25 300.00 250.00 133.69 866.94
2 SM Gavaskar 300.00 207.77 156.77 87.24 751.78
3 RS Dravid 177.50 185.83 181.60 78.38 623.31
4 DB Vengsarkar 184.39 161.71 127.31 73.07 546.49
5 M Amarnath 155.10 167.76 127.07 84.42 534.34
6 SR Tendulkar 151.80 155.68 137.54 88.16 533.17
7 SC Ganguly 129.54 164.78 139.00 96.74 530.05
8 M Azharuddin 110.44 166.72 122.69 99.14 498.98
9 N Kapil Dev 151.36 102.77 85.44 150.00 489.58
10 RJ Shastri 115.03 154.28 127.56 68.21 465.08

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