Top 10 Indian Batsmen Vs Sri Lanka 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 Sri Lanka 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)	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	DB Vengsarkar	IND	1982	1990	1986	12	655	230.00
1	DB Vengsarkar	IND	1982	1990	1986	12	655	230.00
2	SM Gavaskar	IND	1982	1987	1984.5	11	600	210.69

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	SR Tendulkar	IND	1990	2010	2000	36	1995	300.00
1	SR Tendulkar	IND	1990	2010	2000	36	1995	300.00
2	RS Dravid	IND	1997	2010	2003.5	32	1508	226.77
3	V Sehwag	IND	2005	2010	2007.5	18	1239	186.32
4	M Azharuddin	IND	1985	1999	1992	23	1215	182.71
5	NS Sidhu	IND	1993	1997	1995	13	935	140.60

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	V Kohli	IND	2015	2022	2018.5	18	1085	250.00
1	V Kohli	IND	2015	2022	2018.5	18	1085	250.00
2	CA Pujara	IND	2015	2017	2016	11	743	171.20
3	S Dhawan	IND	2015	2017	2016	10	712	164.06

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	CA Pujara	11	1	743	4	74.30	75.50	300.00
1	CA Pujara	11	1	743	4	74.30	75.50	300.00
2	V Sehwag	18	1	1239	5	72.88	74.29	295.20
3	S Dhawan	10	0	712	3	71.20	72.98	290.00
4	NS Sidhu	13	0	935	4	71.92	71.20	282.94
5	V Kohli	18	2	1085	5	67.81	69.99	278.11
6	SM Gavaskar	11	2	600	2	66.67	66.10	262.66
7	SR Tendulkar	36	3	1995	9	60.45	60.95	242.18
8	DB Vengsarkar	12	1	655	2	59.55	59.74	237.37
9	M Azharuddin	23	1	1215	5	55.23	55.71	221.36
10	RS Dravid	32	1	1508	3	48.65	49.76	197.74

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 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	CA Pujara	153	145*	143	133	52	125.20	185.65
6	RS Dravid	177	144	107	93	92	122.60	181.79
7	S Dhawan	190	134	119	94	67	120.80	179.12
8	DB Vengsarkar	166	153	98*	90	62	113.80	168.74
8	NS Sidhu	131	124	111	104	99	113.80	168.74
10	SM Gavaskar	176	155	74	52	51	101.60	150.65

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	98.99	150.00
1	V Sehwag	1239	1241	99.84	98.99	150.00
2	S Dhawan	712	949	75.03	72.36	109.64
3	V Kohli	1085	1589	68.28	65.17	98.75
4	DB Vengsarkar	166	279	59.50	61.37	92.98
5	SM Gavaskar	457	840	54.40	55.49	84.07
6	SR Tendulkar	1984	3676	53.97	55.19	83.63
7	M Azharuddin	881	1697	51.92	54.84	83.10
8	CA Pujara	743	1491	49.83	48.29	73.16
9	NS Sidhu	935	2087	44.80	47.28	71.64
10	RS Dravid	1508	3245	46.47	47.21	71.53

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	295.20	250.00	150.00	881.52
2	SR Tendulkar	300.00	242.18	229.83	83.63	855.64
3	V Kohli	250.00	278.11	227.16	98.75	854.03
4	S Dhawan	164.06	290.00	179.12	109.64	742.82
5	CA Pujara	171.20	300.00	185.65	73.16	730.01
6	DB Vengsarkar	230.00	237.37	168.74	92.98	729.10
7	SM Gavaskar	210.69	262.66	150.65	84.07	708.07
8	M Azharuddin	182.71	221.36	205.52	83.10	692.68
9	RS Dravid	226.77	197.74	181.79	71.53	677.83
10	NS Sidhu	140.60	282.94	168.74	71.64	663.92