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Top 10 Indian Batsmen Vs West Indies In Test Cricket

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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 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) ALL
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 10
Min Runs 250

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS SM Gavaskar IND 48 2749 300.00
1 SM Gavaskar IND 48 2749 300.00
2 RS Dravid IND 38 1978 215.86
3 VVS Laxman IND 36 1715 187.16
4 SR Tendulkar IND 32 1630 177.88
5 DB Vengsarkar IND 40 1596 174.17
6 GR Viswanath IND 28 1455 158.79
7 N Kapil Dev IND 39 1079 117.75
8 V Kohli IND 21 1019 111.20
9 V Sehwag IND 17 888 96.91
10 AM Rahane IND 12 646 70.50

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 AM Rahane 12 3 646 2 71.78 70.19 300.00
1 AM Rahane 12 3 646 2 71.78 70.19 300.00
2 SM Gavaskar 48 6 2749 13 65.45 68.18 291.39
3 RS Dravid 38 7 1978 5 63.81 63.49 271.35
4 VVS Laxman 36 6 1715 4 57.17 56.59 241.87
5 SR Tendulkar 32 2 1630 3 54.33 56.14 239.95
6 GR Viswanath 28 1 1455 4 53.89 55.59 237.59
7 DB Vengsarkar 40 4 1596 6 44.33 50.02 213.80
8 V Sehwag 17 0 888 2 52.24 47.13 201.43
9 V Kohli 21 0 1019 3 48.52 45.32 193.72
10 N Kapil Dev 39 4 1079 3 30.83 36.36 155.41

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 N Kapil Dev 808 914 88.40 98.23 100.00
1 N Kapil Dev 808 914 88.40 98.23 100.00
2 V Sehwag 888 1005 88.36 87.10 88.67
3 SM Gavaskar 898 1520 59.08 69.16 70.40
4 GR Viswanath 191 388 49.23 60.89 61.99
5 SR Tendulkar 1630 3154 51.68 53.97 54.94
6 DB Vengsarkar 789 1662 47.47 53.41 54.38
7 V Kohli 1019 1917 53.16 50.85 51.77
8 VVS Laxman 1715 3741 45.84 47.46 48.31
9 AM Rahane 646 1413 45.72 44.82 45.63
10 RS Dravid 1978 4878 40.55 42.07 42.83

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* 220 205 182* 156 199.80 300.00
1 SM Gavaskar 236* 220 205 182* 156 199.80 300.00
2 SR Tendulkar 179 176 117 94 92 131.60 197.60
3 GR Viswanath 179 139 124 112 97* 130.20 195.50
4 VVS Laxman 176* 154* 130 100 87 129.40 194.29
5 DB Vengsarkar 159 157* 109 102* 102 125.80 188.89
6 RS Dravid 146 144* 119 112 100* 124.20 186.49
7 V Kohli 200 139 121 76 76 122.40 183.78
8 V Sehwag 180 147 65 61 60 102.60 154.05
9 N Kapil Dev 126* 109 100* 98 69 100.40 150.75
10 AM Rahane 108* 102 81 80 78* 89.80 134.83

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 300.00 291.39 70.40 300.00 961.79
2 RS Dravid 215.86 271.35 42.83 186.49 716.52
3 VVS Laxman 187.16 241.87 48.31 194.29 671.63
4 SR Tendulkar 177.88 239.95 54.94 197.60 670.37
5 GR Viswanath 158.79 237.59 61.99 195.50 653.85
6 DB Vengsarkar 174.17 213.80 54.38 188.89 631.24
7 AM Rahane 70.50 300.00 45.63 134.83 550.96
8 V Sehwag 96.91 201.43 88.67 154.05 541.06
9 V Kohli 111.20 193.72 51.77 183.78 540.47
10 N Kapil Dev 117.75 155.41 100.00 150.75 523.92

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
    8. .

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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