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

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	SM Gavaskar	IND	1974	1983	1978.5	24	1345	300.00
1	SM Gavaskar	IND	1974	1983	1978.5	24	1345	300.00
2	DB Vengsarkar	IND	1978	1987	1982.5	22	1147	255.84
3	GR Viswanath	IND	1974	1979	1976.5	17	1065	237.55
4	N Kapil Dev	IND	1978	1988	1983	25	734	163.72
5	AD Gaekwad	IND	1974	1983	1978.5	24	687	153.23
6	CG Borde	IND	1958	1967	1962.5	13	626	139.63

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	SR Tendulkar	IND	1994	2013	2003.5	18	1010	280.00
1	SR Tendulkar	IND	1994	2013	2003.5	18	1010	280.00
2	VVS Laxman	IND	2002	2011	2006.5	9	569	157.74
3	V Sehwag	IND	2002	2011	2006.5	10	531	147.21
4	RS Dravid	IND	2002	2011	2006.5	10	467	129.47

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	89.79	300.00
1	VVS Laxman	9	3	569	2	94.83	89.79	300.00
2	GR Viswanath	17	1	1065	3	66.56	72.29	241.54
3	DB Vengsarkar	22	4	1147	6	63.72	69.19	231.20
4	SM Gavaskar	24	2	1345	6	61.14	66.32	221.58
5	SR Tendulkar	18	1	1010	2	59.41	57.37	191.70
6	RS Dravid	10	2	467	2	58.38	55.17	184.35
7	CG Borde	13	0	626	3	48.15	54.52	182.17
8	V Sehwag	10	0	531	1	53.10	50.19	167.69
9	N Kapil Dev	25	2	734	2	31.91	34.93	116.70
10	AD Gaekwad	24	0	687	1	28.63	31.49	105.21

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	250.00
1	SM Gavaskar	236*	205	182*	121	120	172.80	250.00
2	GR Viswanath	179	139	124	97*	95	126.80	183.45
3	DB Vengsarkar	159	157*	109	102*	102	125.80	182.00
4	SR Tendulkar	179	176	94	85	76	122.00	176.50
5	CG Borde	125	121	109	96	56	101.40	146.70
6	VVS Laxman	176*	154*	58*	48	45	96.20	139.18
7	N Kapil Dev	126*	109	69	62	61	85.40	123.55
8	RS Dravid	119	100*	82	54	33	77.60	112.27
9	V Sehwag	147	61	60	55	55	75.60	109.38
10	AD Gaekwad	102	87	80	51	48	73.60	106.48

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	96.15	150.00
1	N Kapil Dev	519	580	89.48	96.15	150.00
2	V Sehwag	531	592	89.70	85.95	134.08
3	SM Gavaskar	740	1161	63.74	69.21	107.98
4	GR Viswanath	191	388	49.23	54.45	84.95
5	SR Tendulkar	1010	1841	54.86	53.75	83.85
6	DB Vengsarkar	585	1241	47.14	50.89	79.39
7	CG Borde	0	0	NA	NA	78.00
8	AD Gaekwad	77	162	NA	NA	78.00
9	RS Dravid	467	944	49.47	47.40	73.95
10	VVS Laxman	569	1206	47.18	45.09	70.34

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	SM Gavaskar	300.00	221.58	250.00	107.98	879.56
2	DB Vengsarkar	255.84	231.20	182.00	79.39	748.42
3	GR Viswanath	237.55	241.54	183.45	84.95	747.49
4	SR Tendulkar	280.00	191.70	176.50	83.85	732.05
5	VVS Laxman	157.74	300.00	139.18	70.34	667.26
6	V Sehwag	147.21	167.69	109.38	134.08	558.36
7	N Kapil Dev	163.72	116.70	123.55	150.00	553.97
8	CG Borde	139.63	182.17	146.70	78.00	546.50
9	RS Dravid	129.47	184.35	112.27	73.95	500.04
10	AD Gaekwad	153.23	105.21	106.48	78.00	442.93