Top 10 Indian Test Batsmen Vs Sri Lanka In India

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 Sri Lanka in India 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)	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
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	N Kapil Dev	IND	1982	1994	1988	9	398	250.00
1	N Kapil Dev	IND	1982	1994	1988	9	398	250.00

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	RS Dravid	IND	1997	2009	2003	11	846	300.00
1	RS Dravid	IND	1997	2009	2003	11	846	300.00
2	SR Tendulkar	IND	1990	2009	1999.5	17	840	297.87
3	M Azharuddin	IND	1986	1997	1991.5	9	648	229.79
4	NS Sidhu	IND	1994	1997	1995.5	7	554	196.45
5	V Sehwag	IND	2005	2009	2007	7	547	193.97
6	SC Ganguly	IND	1997	2005	2001	7	476	168.79
7	MS Dhoni	IND	2005	2009	2007	8	363	128.72
8	Yuvraj Singh	IND	2005	2009	2007	7	310	109.93

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	V Kohli	IND	2017	2022	2019.5	8	691	280.00
1	V Kohli	IND	2017	2022	2019.5	8	691	280.00

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	101.54	300.00
1	V Kohli	8	1	691	3	98.71	101.54	300.00
2	NS Sidhu	7	0	554	2	79.14	78.30	231.34
3	V Sehwag	7	0	547	2	78.14	74.58	220.35
4	RS Dravid	11	0	846	2	76.91	73.93	218.43
5	M Azharuddin	9	0	648	3	72.00	70.87	209.39
6	SC Ganguly	7	0	476	2	68.00	66.01	195.02
7	MS Dhoni	8	2	363	2	60.50	58.05	171.50
8	N Kapil Dev	9	2	398	1	56.86	55.14	162.91
9	SR Tendulkar	17	1	840	4	52.50	51.50	152.17
10	Yuvraj Singh	7	1	310	0	51.67	49.33	145.74

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	250.00
1	V Kohli	243	213	104*	50	45	131.00	250.00
2	SR Tendulkar	148	142	109	100*	96	119.00	227.10
3	RS Dravid	177	144	93	92	85	118.20	225.57
4	M Azharuddin	199	152	108	62	53	114.80	219.08
5	V Sehwag	293	131	51	36	20	106.20	202.67
6	NS Sidhu	131	124	99	79	43	95.20	181.68
7	SC Ganguly	173	109	99	40	39	92.00	175.57
8	N Kapil Dev	163	60	53*	42	31	69.80	133.21
9	MS Dhoni	110	100*	51*	49	30	68.00	129.77
10	Yuvraj Singh	77*	75	68	67	23	62.00	118.32

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	103.36	150.00
1	V Sehwag	547	518	105.60	103.36	150.00
2	N Kapil Dev	262	347	75.50	77.17	111.99
3	V Kohli	691	882	78.34	73.36	106.46
4	MS Dhoni	363	527	68.88	67.82	98.42
5	Yuvraj Singh	310	498	62.25	61.15	88.75
6	SR Tendulkar	829	1604	51.68	52.83	76.67
7	RS Dravid	846	1615	52.38	52.75	76.55
8	M Azharuddin	426	873	48.80	51.49	74.71
9	NS Sidhu	554	1237	44.79	47.16	68.43
10	SC Ganguly	476	1069	44.53	45.90	66.61

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 Kohli	280.00	300.00	250.00	106.46	936.46
2	RS Dravid	300.00	218.43	225.57	76.55	820.55
3	V Sehwag	193.97	220.35	202.67	150.00	766.99
4	SR Tendulkar	297.87	152.17	227.10	76.67	753.81
5	M Azharuddin	229.79	209.39	219.08	74.71	732.98
6	NS Sidhu	196.45	231.34	181.68	68.43	677.91
7	N Kapil Dev	250.00	162.91	133.21	111.99	658.10
8	SC Ganguly	168.79	195.02	175.57	66.61	606.00
9	MS Dhoni	128.72	171.50	129.77	98.42	528.42
10	Yuvraj Singh	109.93	145.74	118.32	88.75	462.73