Top 10 Indian Batsmen Vs West Indies 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 West Indies 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)	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	1971	1983	1977	48	2749	300.00
1	SM Gavaskar	IND	1971	1983	1977	48	2749	300.00
2	DB Vengsarkar	IND	1976	1989	1982.5	40	1596	174.17
3	GR Viswanath	IND	1971	1979	1975	28	1455	158.79

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	RS Dravid	IND	1997	2011	2004	38	1978	270.00
1	RS Dravid	IND	1997	2011	2004	38	1978	270.00
2	VVS Laxman	IND	1997	2011	2004	36	1715	234.10
3	SR Tendulkar	IND	1994	2013	2003.5	32	1630	222.50
4	V Sehwag	IND	2002	2011	2006.5	17	888	121.21

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	V Kohli	IND	2011	2023	2017	21	1019	240.00
1	V Kohli	IND	2011	2023	2017	21	1019	240.00
2	AM Rahane	IND	2016	2023	2019.5	12	646	152.15
3	R Ashwin	IND	2011	2023	2017	13	608	143.20

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	75.26	300.00
1	AM Rahane	12	3	646	2	71.78	75.26	300.00
2	SM Gavaskar	48	6	2749	13	65.45	69.71	277.90
3	RS Dravid	38	7	1978	5	63.81	64.15	255.72
4	VVS Laxman	36	6	1715	4	57.17	57.46	229.07
5	GR Viswanath	28	1	1455	4	53.89	56.71	226.06
6	SR Tendulkar	32	2	1630	3	54.33	54.16	215.89
7	V Kohli	21	0	1019	3	48.52	50.58	201.63
8	R Ashwin	13	1	608	4	50.67	49.95	199.12
9	V Sehwag	17	0	888	2	52.24	49.22	196.22
10	DB Vengsarkar	40	4	1596	6	44.33	48.83	194.67

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	250.00
1	SM Gavaskar	236*	220	205	182*	156	199.80	250.00
2	SR Tendulkar	179	176	117	94	92	131.60	164.66
3	GR Viswanath	179	139	124	112	97*	130.20	162.91
4	VVS Laxman	176*	154*	130	100	87	129.40	161.91
5	DB Vengsarkar	159	157*	109	102*	102	125.80	157.41
6	RS Dravid	146	144*	119	112	100*	124.20	155.41
7	V Kohli	200	139	121	76	76	122.40	153.15
8	R Ashwin	124	118	113	103	56	102.80	128.63
9	V Sehwag	180	147	65	61	60	102.60	128.38
10	AM Rahane	108*	102	81	80	78*	89.80	112.36

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	94.40	150.00
1	V Sehwag	888	1005	88.36	85.89	136.48
2	SM Gavaskar	898	1520	59.08	64.50	102.48
3	GR Viswanath	191	388	49.23	54.80	87.07
4	V Kohli	1019	1917	53.16	52.27	83.05
5	SR Tendulkar	1630	3154	51.68	51.79	82.30
6	DB Vengsarkar	789	1662	47.47	50.95	80.96
7	R Ashwin	608	1156	52.60	50.14	79.67
8	VVS Laxman	1715	3741	45.84	45.94	72.99
9	AM Rahane	646	1413	45.72	45.39	72.13
10	RS Dravid	1978	4878	40.55	40.68	64.65

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	277.90	250.00	102.48	930.38
2	RS Dravid	270.00	255.72	155.41	64.65	745.78
3	VVS Laxman	234.10	229.07	161.91	72.99	698.07
4	SR Tendulkar	222.50	215.89	164.66	82.30	685.35
5	V Kohli	240.00	201.63	153.15	83.05	677.84
6	AM Rahane	152.15	300.00	112.36	72.13	636.64
7	GR Viswanath	158.79	226.06	162.91	87.07	634.83
8	DB Vengsarkar	174.17	194.67	157.41	80.96	607.20
9	V Sehwag	121.21	196.22	128.38	136.48	582.29
10	R Ashwin	143.20	199.12	128.63	79.67	550.61