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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). 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. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 10 Spin bowlers from India against New Zealand in Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2025-02-15

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

THE CRITERIA

The TVO Rating is divided into 4 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Wickets Taken 300.00
Consistent Average 300.00
Attacking Strike Rate 200.00
Best Bowling Top Bowling Performances 200.00
The Trend Setter (TS)

TS is the player which 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 Ave: 25.00; Player X Ave: 30.00; Section Points: 300.00
  • TS Points: 300.00(Max); Player X Points: TS Ave/Ave X 300 = 25.00/30.00 X 300 = 250.00
  • Ratings of all sections are calculated similarly with Ave being replaced by the Criteria Stat.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings 10

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 Wickets Taken

RANK ERA 1 NAT FP LP MP INNS WKTS RAT
TS BS Bedi IND 1968 1976 1972 22 57 280.00
1 BS Bedi IND 1968 1976 1972 22 57 280.00
2 EAS Prasanna IND 1968 1976 1972 18 55 270.18
3 S Venkataraghavan IND 1965 1976 1970.5 19 44 216.14
4 SP Gupte IND 1955 1956 1955.5 10 34 167.02
5 RJ Shastri IND 1981 1988 1984.5 11 20 98.25
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS WKTS RAT
TS A Kumble IND 1994 2003 1998.5 18 50 270.00
1 A Kumble IND 1994 2003 1998.5 18 50 270.00
2 Harbhajan Singh IND 1998 2010 2004 23 43 232.20
3 ND Hirwani IND 1988 1995 1991.5 11 32 172.80
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS WKTS RAT
TS R Ashwin IND 2012 2024 2018 23 75 300.00
1 R Ashwin IND 2012 2024 2018 23 75 300.00
2 RA Jadeja IND 2014 2024 2019 22 41 164.00

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 20

RANK BOWLER INNS RUNS WKTS AVE R AVE RAT
TS R Ashwin 23 1390 75 18.53 23.19 300.00
1 R Ashwin 23 1390 75 18.53 23.19 300.00
2 RJ Shastri 11 414 20 20.70 23.42 297.03
3 SP Gupte 10 669 34 19.68 24.01 289.83
4 BS Bedi 22 1091 57 19.14 25.09 277.34
5 EAS Prasanna 18 1107 55 20.13 26.94 258.29
6 ND Hirwani 11 758 32 23.69 27.61 251.98
7 A Kumble 18 1293 50 25.86 28.03 248.18
8 RA Jadeja 22 1127 41 27.49 29.04 239.56
9 S Venkataraghavan 19 1004 44 22.82 30.35 229.27
10 Harbhajan Singh 23 1424 43 33.12 35.09 198.25

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 20
RANK BOWLER INNS BLS WKTS SR R SR RAT
TS EAS Prasanna 18 2946 55 53.56 56.55 200.00
1 EAS Prasanna 18 2946 55 53.56 56.55 200.00
2 R Ashwin 23 2945 75 39.27 58.22 194.27
3 RJ Shastri 11 1233 20 61.65 60.00 188.49
4 ND Hirwani 11 1854 32 57.94 60.61 186.58
5 SP Gupte 10 2140 34 62.94 61.97 182.50
6 BS Bedi 22 3883 57 68.12 70.69 159.98
7 A Kumble 18 3610 50 72.20 74.21 152.39
8 RA Jadeja 22 2553 41 62.27 78.86 143.41
9 S Venkataraghavan 19 3378 44 76.77 80.13 141.14
10 Harbhajan Singh 23 3461 43 80.49 86.96 130.06

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 RJ Shastri 5/125 4/45 3/9 3/54 2/24 3.40 109.68

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 300.00 300.00 194.27 200.00 994.27
2 EAS Prasanna 270.18 258.29 200.00 180.65 909.11
3 BS Bedi 280.00 277.34 159.98 167.74 885.06
4 A Kumble 270.00 248.18 152.39 154.84 825.41
5 SP Gupte 167.02 289.83 182.50 174.19 813.54
6 ND Hirwani 172.80 251.98 186.58 141.94 753.29
7 S Venkataraghavan 216.14 229.27 141.14 154.84 741.39
8 RJ Shastri 98.25 297.03 188.49 109.68 693.45
9 Harbhajan Singh 232.20 198.25 130.06 129.03 689.54
10 RA Jadeja 164.00 239.56 143.41 141.94 688.90

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