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Top 10 Indian Batsmen Vs Sri Lanka 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 Sri Lanka in Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2026-02-05

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) 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 10
Min Career Runs 1000

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS SR Tendulkar IND 36 1995 300.00
1 SR Tendulkar IND 36 1995 300.00
2 RS Dravid IND 32 1508 226.77
3 V Sehwag IND 18 1239 186.32
4 M Azharuddin IND 23 1215 182.71
5 V Kohli IND 18 1085 163.16
6 SC Ganguly IND 24 1064 160.00
7 NS Sidhu IND 13 935 140.60
8 CA Pujara IND 11 743 111.73
9 S Dhawan IND 10 712 107.07
10 DB Vengsarkar IND 12 655 98.50

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 S Dhawan 10 0 712 3 71.20 75.54 300.00
1 S Dhawan 10 0 712 3 71.20 75.54 300.00
2 CA Pujara 11 1 743 4 74.30 71.17 282.65
3 V Sehwag 18 1 1239 5 72.88 68.45 271.83
4 V Kohli 18 2 1085 5 67.81 66.93 265.82
5 NS Sidhu 13 0 935 4 71.92 66.60 264.50
6 DB Vengsarkar 12 1 655 2 59.55 61.14 242.83
7 SR Tendulkar 36 3 1995 9 60.45 57.01 226.39
8 M Azharuddin 23 1 1215 5 55.23 54.90 218.04
9 RS Dravid 32 1 1508 3 48.65 47.27 187.75
10 SC Ganguly 24 1 1064 3 46.26 46.76 185.71

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 293 201* 131 109 109 168.60 250.00
1 V Sehwag 293 201* 131 109 109 168.60 250.00
2 SR Tendulkar 203 148 143 142 139 155.00 229.83
3 V Kohli 243 213 104* 103* 103 153.20 227.16
4 M Azharuddin 199 152 126 108* 108 138.60 205.52
5 SC Ganguly 173 147 109 99 98* 125.20 185.65
5 CA Pujara 153 145* 143 133 52 125.20 185.65
7 RS Dravid 177 144 107 93 92 122.60 181.79
8 S Dhawan 190 134 119 94 67 120.80 179.12
9 DB Vengsarkar 166 153 98* 90 62 113.80 168.74
9 NS Sidhu 131 124 111 104 99 113.80 168.74

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 1239 1241 99.84 93.94 150.00
1 V Sehwag 1239 1241 99.84 93.94 150.00
2 S Dhawan 712 949 75.03 70.33 112.30
3 V Kohli 1085 1589 68.28 62.42 99.66
4 DB Vengsarkar 166 279 59.50 62.40 99.63
5 M Azharuddin 881 1697 51.92 55.76 89.03
6 SR Tendulkar 1984 3676 53.97 53.79 85.88
7 NS Sidhu 935 2087 44.80 47.32 75.56
8 CA Pujara 743 1491 49.83 46.35 74.01
9 SC Ganguly 1064 2363 45.03 46.25 73.84
10 RS Dravid 1508 3245 46.47 46.08 73.58

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 186.32 271.83 250.00 150.00 858.14
2 SR Tendulkar 300.00 226.39 229.83 85.88 842.11
3 V Kohli 163.16 265.82 227.16 99.66 755.80
4 S Dhawan 107.07 300.00 179.12 112.30 698.49
5 M Azharuddin 182.71 218.04 205.52 89.03 695.29
6 RS Dravid 226.77 187.75 181.79 73.58 669.88
7 CA Pujara 111.73 282.65 185.65 74.01 654.04
8 NS Sidhu 140.60 264.50 168.74 75.56 649.40
9 DB Vengsarkar 98.50 242.83 168.74 99.63 609.70
10 SC Ganguly 160.00 185.71 185.65 73.84 605.19

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