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Top 10 Indian Spinners Vs New Zealand 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 Spin bowlers from India against New Zealand in Test cricket.

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
5. ATTACKING
6. BEST BOWLING (WKTS)
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) NZ

THE CRITERIA

The TVO Rating is divided into 4 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Wickets Taken 300.00
Consistent Average 250.00
Attacking Strike Rate 250.00
Best Bowling Top Bowling Performances 200.00

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings 7
Min Wkts 10

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Wickets Taken

RANK BOWLER NAT INNS WKTS RAT
TS R Ashwin IND 23 75 300.00
1 R Ashwin IND 23 75 300.00
2 BS Bedi IND 22 57 228.00
3 EAS Prasanna IND 18 55 220.00
4 A Kumble IND 18 50 200.00
5 S Venkataraghavan IND 19 44 176.00
6 Harbhajan Singh IND 23 43 172.00
7 RA Jadeja IND 22 41 164.00
8 BS Chandrasekhar IND 14 36 144.00
9 SP Gupte IND 10 34 136.00
10 ND Hirwani IND 11 32 128.00

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.
  • Venues at which a player has played.
  • Time Period in which a bowler has been active

Criteria: Points For Relative Average

Min Qualification For TS
Min Wickets 15

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS SP Gupte 10 669 34 19.68 21.20 250.00
1 SP Gupte 10 669 34 19.68 21.20 250.00
2 R Ashwin 23 1390 75 18.53 23.28 227.63
3 ND Hirwani 11 758 32 23.69 25.96 204.15
4 BS Bedi 22 1091 57 19.14 27.60 192.01
5 EAS Prasanna 18 1107 55 20.13 28.40 186.59
6 A Kumble 18 1293 50 25.86 29.99 176.72
7 RA Jadeja 22 1127 41 27.49 30.21 175.39
8 S Venkataraghavan 19 1004 44 22.82 32.33 163.93
9 Harbhajan Singh 23 1424 43 33.12 34.41 154.02
10 BS Chandrasekhar 14 977 36 27.14 37.00 143.23

ATTACKING

R SR

Relative Strike Rate (R SR) for bowlers is calculated using the same method as R Ave with average being replaced with SR.

Criteria: Points For R SR or Balls/Wkt

Min Qualification For TS
Min Wickets 15

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS WKTS SR R SR RAT
TS SP Gupte 10 2140 34 62.94 51.93 250.00
1 SP Gupte 10 2140 34 62.94 51.93 250.00
2 ND Hirwani 11 1854 32 57.94 53.88 240.95
3 R Ashwin 23 2945 75 39.27 54.73 237.24
4 EAS Prasanna 18 2946 55 53.56 57.79 224.67
5 BS Chandrasekhar 14 2382 36 66.17 68.43 189.73
6 BS Bedi 22 3883 57 68.12 73.81 175.90
7 A Kumble 18 3610 50 72.20 74.32 174.70
8 RA Jadeja 22 2553 41 62.27 77.01 168.59
9 S Venkataraghavan 19 3378 44 76.77 81.59 159.13
10 Harbhajan Singh 23 3461 43 80.49 82.80 156.79

BEST BOWLING (WKTS)

BBW

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 bowling performances by Wkts of a bowler. Best Bowling By Wickets (BBW) is simply the total wickets taken in the 5 innings divided by 5.

Criteria: Points For Wkts Taken In Top 5 Inns

RANK BOWLER 1 2 3 4 5 BBW RAT
TS R Ashwin 7/59 6/31 6/54 6/81 6/132 6.20 200.00
1 R Ashwin 7/59 6/31 6/54 6/81 6/132 6.20 200.00
2 EAS Prasanna 8/76 6/94 5/32 5/51 4/40 5.60 180.65
3 SP Gupte 7/128 6/90 5/45 5/72 4/73 5.40 174.19
4 BS Bedi 6/42 6/127 5/27 5/48 4/22 5.20 167.74
5 S Venkataraghavan 8/72 6/74 4/80 3/15 3/59 4.80 154.84
5 A Kumble 6/67 5/81 5/82 4/39 4/67 4.80 154.84
7 ND Hirwani 6/59 6/59 4/93 3/43 3/82 4.40 141.94
7 RA Jadeja 5/55 5/65 5/73 4/40 3/41 4.40 141.94
9 Harbhajan Singh 6/63 4/59 4/76 3/33 3/43 4.00 129.03
10 BS Chandrasekhar 6/94 4/77 3/25 3/28 3/55 3.80 122.58

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 BOWLER PRO CON ATT BBW TVO RAT
1 R Ashwin 300.00 227.63 237.24 200.00 964.87
2 EAS Prasanna 220.00 186.59 224.67 180.65 811.91
3 SP Gupte 136.00 250.00 250.00 174.19 810.19
4 BS Bedi 228.00 192.01 175.90 167.74 763.65
5 ND Hirwani 128.00 204.15 240.95 141.94 715.04
6 A Kumble 200.00 176.72 174.70 154.84 706.27
7 S Venkataraghavan 176.00 163.93 159.13 154.84 653.90
8 RA Jadeja 164.00 175.39 168.59 141.94 649.92
9 Harbhajan Singh 172.00 154.02 156.79 129.03 611.85
10 BS Chandrasekhar 144.00 143.23 189.73 122.58 599.55

BRIEF EXPLANATION

Dynamic Nature

Most of our ratings are dynamic, and as new matches are played, the rating of earlier bowlers may change if current bowlers 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 Bowling Ave: 25.00; Player X Ave: 30.00; Section Points: 300.00
  4. TS Points: 300.00 (Max)
  5. Player X Points: TS Ave/Ave X 300 = 25.00/30.00 X 300 = 250.00.
  6. Ratings of all sections are calculated similarly with Ave being replaced by the Criteria Stat.
  7. Know All About the Trend Setter
    8. .

Abbreviations

  1. AVE - Average or Runs/Wkt
  2. BLS - Balls
  3. ER - Economy Rate or Runs/Over
  4. FF, 5WH - Five Fors or 5 Wkt Hauls
  5. FP - First Played by Year
  6. INF - Infinite
  7. INNS - Innings
  8. LP - Last Played by Year
  9. MDNS - Maidens
  10. MP - Middle Played or (FP+LP)/2
  11. NA - Not Applicable
  12. NI - Not In Top
  13. NK - Not Known
  14. NO, * - Not Out
  15. NQ - Not Qualified
  16. OPP - Opposition
  17. OVRS - Overs
  18. SR - Strike Rate or Balls/Wkts
  19. TS - Trend Setter
  20. TT - Top Teams
  21. WKTS - Wickets Taken

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