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Top 10 Indian Test Batsmen Vs West Indies 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 West Indies 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) WI

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 SM Gavaskar IND 24 1345 300.00
1 SM Gavaskar IND 24 1345 300.00
2 DB Vengsarkar IND 22 1147 255.84
3 GR Viswanath IND 17 1065 237.55
4 SR Tendulkar IND 18 1010 225.28
5 N Kapil Dev IND 25 734 163.72
6 AD Gaekwad IND 24 687 153.23
7 CG Borde IND 13 626 139.63
8 VVS Laxman IND 9 569 126.91
9 V Sehwag IND 10 531 118.44
10 RS Dravid IND 10 467 104.16

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 VVS Laxman 9 3 569 2 94.83 82.09 300.00
1 VVS Laxman 9 3 569 2 94.83 82.09 300.00
2 GR Viswanath 17 1 1065 3 66.56 75.77 276.90
3 DB Vengsarkar 22 4 1147 6 63.72 72.36 264.43
4 SM Gavaskar 24 2 1345 6 61.14 68.52 250.41
5 CG Borde 13 0 626 3 48.15 61.18 223.58
6 SR Tendulkar 18 1 1010 2 59.41 56.27 205.64
7 RS Dravid 10 2 467 2 58.38 51.44 187.98
8 V Sehwag 10 0 531 1 53.10 46.79 170.99
9 N Kapil Dev 25 2 734 2 31.91 37.00 135.22
10 AD Gaekwad 24 0 687 1 28.63 32.65 119.33

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 N Kapil Dev 519 580 89.48 100.08 100.00
1 N Kapil Dev 519 580 89.48 100.08 100.00
2 V Sehwag 531 592 89.70 85.36 85.29
3 SM Gavaskar 740 1161 63.74 72.79 72.73
4 GR Viswanath 191 388 49.23 59.57 59.52
5 SR Tendulkar 1010 1841 54.86 53.60 53.55
6 DB Vengsarkar 585 1241 47.14 53.07 53.03
7 CG Borde 0 0 NK NA 49.96
8 AD Gaekwad 77 162 47.53 NA 49.96
9 RS Dravid 467 944 49.47 47.08 47.04
10 VVS Laxman 569 1206 47.18 44.53 44.49

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 SM Gavaskar 236* 205 182* 121 120 172.80 300.00
1 SM Gavaskar 236* 205 182* 121 120 172.80 300.00
2 GR Viswanath 179 139 124 97* 95 126.80 220.14
3 DB Vengsarkar 159 157* 109 102* 102 125.80 218.40
4 SR Tendulkar 179 176 94 85 76 122.00 211.81
5 CG Borde 125 121 109 96 56 101.40 176.04
6 VVS Laxman 176* 154* 58* 48 45 96.20 167.01
7 N Kapil Dev 126* 109 69 62 61 85.40 148.26
8 RS Dravid 119 100* 82 54 33 77.60 134.72
9 V Sehwag 147 61 60 55 55 75.60 131.25
10 AD Gaekwad 102 87 80 51 48 73.60 127.78

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 SM Gavaskar 300.00 250.41 72.73 300.00 923.15
2 GR Viswanath 237.55 276.90 59.52 220.14 794.10
3 DB Vengsarkar 255.84 264.43 53.03 218.40 791.70
4 SR Tendulkar 225.28 205.64 53.55 211.81 696.28
5 VVS Laxman 126.91 300.00 44.49 167.01 638.42
6 CG Borde 139.63 223.58 49.96 176.04 589.21
7 N Kapil Dev 163.72 135.22 100.00 148.26 547.20
8 V Sehwag 118.44 170.99 85.29 131.25 505.97
9 RS Dravid 104.16 187.98 47.04 134.72 473.90
10 AD Gaekwad 153.23 119.33 49.96 127.78 450.30

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
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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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