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Top 10 Indian Test Batsmen Vs Sri Lanka In India

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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 Sri Lanka in India 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) IND
Oposition (O) SL

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 7
Min Runs 250

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS RS Dravid IND 11 846 300.00
1 RS Dravid IND 11 846 300.00
2 SR Tendulkar IND 17 840 297.87
3 V Kohli IND 8 691 245.04
4 M Azharuddin IND 9 648 229.79
5 NS Sidhu IND 7 554 196.45
6 V Sehwag IND 7 547 193.97
7 SC Ganguly IND 7 476 168.79
8 N Kapil Dev IND 9 398 141.13
9 VVS Laxman IND 9 370 131.21
10 MS Dhoni IND 8 363 128.72

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 V Kohli 8 1 691 3 98.71 92.05 300.00
1 V Kohli 8 1 691 3 98.71 92.05 300.00
2 V Sehwag 7 0 547 2 78.14 72.18 235.24
3 RS Dravid 11 0 846 2 76.91 70.19 228.76
4 NS Sidhu 7 0 554 2 79.14 66.05 215.26
5 SC Ganguly 7 0 476 2 68.00 63.92 208.32
6 M Azharuddin 9 0 648 3 72.00 59.61 194.28
7 MS Dhoni 8 2 363 2 60.50 57.62 187.78
8 SR Tendulkar 17 1 840 4 52.50 46.90 152.84
9 N Kapil Dev 9 2 398 1 56.86 45.99 149.88
10 VVS Laxman 9 1 370 1 46.25 43.94 143.20

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 547 518 105.60 101.25 100.00
1 V Sehwag 547 518 105.60 101.25 100.00
2 N Kapil Dev 262 347 75.50 74.58 73.66
3 V Kohli 691 882 78.34 72.11 71.22
4 MS Dhoni 363 527 68.88 68.04 67.20
5 RS Dravid 846 1615 52.38 52.73 52.08
6 SR Tendulkar 829 1604 51.68 52.42 51.77
7 M Azharuddin 426 873 48.80 50.78 50.15
8 NS Sidhu 554 1237 44.79 47.62 47.03
9 SC Ganguly 476 1069 44.53 47.43 46.84
10 VVS Laxman 370 824 44.90 44.00 43.46

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 Kohli 243 213 104* 50 45 131.00 300.00
1 V Kohli 243 213 104* 50 45 131.00 300.00
2 SR Tendulkar 148 142 109 100* 96 119.00 272.52
3 RS Dravid 177 144 93 92 85 118.20 270.69
4 M Azharuddin 199 152 108 62 53 114.80 262.90
5 V Sehwag 293 131 51 36 20 106.20 243.21
6 NS Sidhu 131 124 99 79 43 95.20 218.02
7 SC Ganguly 173 109 99 40 39 92.00 210.69
8 N Kapil Dev 163 60 53* 42 31 69.80 159.85
8 VVS Laxman 104 69 63 62 51* 69.80 159.85
10 MS Dhoni 110 100* 51* 49 30 68.00 155.73

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 V Kohli 245.04 300.00 71.22 300.00 916.25
2 RS Dravid 300.00 228.76 52.08 270.69 851.52
3 SR Tendulkar 297.87 152.84 51.77 272.52 775.00
4 V Sehwag 193.97 235.24 100.00 243.21 772.42
5 M Azharuddin 229.79 194.28 50.15 262.90 737.11
6 NS Sidhu 196.45 215.26 47.03 218.02 676.76
7 SC Ganguly 168.79 208.32 46.84 210.69 634.64
8 MS Dhoni 128.72 187.78 67.20 155.73 539.43
9 N Kapil Dev 141.13 149.88 73.66 159.85 524.53
10 VVS Laxman 131.21 143.20 43.46 159.85 477.71

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
    8. .

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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