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Top 10 Sri Lankan Batsmen In Tests In India

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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 Sri Lanka in India 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) SL
Venue (V) IND
Oposition (O) ALL

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 7
Min Runs 250

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS DPMD Jayawardena SL 10 628 300.00
1 DPMD Jayawardena SL 10 628 300.00
2 MS Atapattu SL 13 486 232.17
3 RS Mahanama SL 12 439 209.71
3 AD Mathews SL 15 439 209.71
5 TM Dilshan SL 10 418 199.68
6 PA de Silva SL 17 403 192.52
7 KC Sangakkara SL 10 365 174.36
8 HP Tillakaratne SL 12 300 143.31
9 LRD Mendis SL 7 286 136.62
10 RL Dias SL 7 273 130.41

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 DPMD Jayawardena 10 0 628 1 62.80 64.40 300.00
1 DPMD Jayawardena 10 0 628 1 62.80 64.40 300.00
2 TM Dilshan 10 1 418 2 46.44 47.63 221.87
3 RS Mahanama 12 0 439 0 36.58 44.57 207.62
4 LRD Mendis 7 0 286 2 40.86 43.21 201.28
5 MS Atapattu 13 0 486 1 37.38 42.09 196.09
6 RL Dias 7 0 273 0 39.00 41.24 192.13
7 KC Sangakkara 10 0 365 1 36.50 37.43 174.36
8 AD Mathews 15 0 439 1 29.27 34.90 162.57
9 HP Tillakaratne 12 1 300 0 27.27 33.23 154.78
10 PA de Silva 17 1 403 1 25.19 29.22 136.13

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 TM Dilshan 418 647 64.61 67.25 100.00
1 RL Dias 147 167 88.02 99.07 100.00
2 LRD Mendis 105 123 85.37 96.07 100.00
3 TM Dilshan 418 647 64.61 67.25 100.00
4 DPMD Jayawardena 628 1122 55.97 58.26 86.64
5 AD Mathews 439 874 50.23 52.93 78.71
6 MS Atapattu 486 1135 42.82 50.27 74.76
7 PA de Silva 297 713 41.65 50.00 74.35
8 RS Mahanama 438 1134 38.62 47.83 71.13
9 HP Tillakaratne 245 641 38.22 47.33 70.38
10 KC Sangakkara 365 826 44.19 46.00 68.40

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 DPMD Jayawardena 275 71 67 60 57 106.00 300.00
1 DPMD Jayawardena 275 71 67 60 57 106.00 300.00
2 MS Atapattu 108 98 88 67 40 80.20 226.98
3 TM Dilshan 112 109 65 65 32 76.60 216.79
4 AD Mathews 111 99 52 43 28 66.60 188.49
5 KC Sangakkara 137 44 41 33 31 57.20 161.89
6 LRD Mendis 105 105 38 27 9 56.80 160.75
7 RS Mahanama 73 63 48 47 45 55.20 156.23
8 PA de Silva 110* 66 33 33 26 53.60 151.70
9 RL Dias 97 60 50 49 9 53.00 150.00
10 HP Tillakaratne 80 55 47 40 25 49.40 139.81

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 DPMD Jayawardena 300.00 300.00 86.64 300.00 986.64
2 TM Dilshan 199.68 221.87 100.00 216.79 738.34
3 MS Atapattu 232.17 196.09 74.76 226.98 730.00
4 RS Mahanama 209.71 207.62 71.13 156.23 644.69
5 AD Mathews 209.71 162.57 78.71 188.49 639.49
6 LRD Mendis 136.62 201.28 100.00 160.75 598.66
7 KC Sangakkara 174.36 174.36 68.40 161.89 579.01
8 RL Dias 130.41 192.13 100.00 150.00 572.54
9 PA de Silva 192.52 136.13 74.35 151.70 554.70
10 HP Tillakaratne 143.31 154.78 70.38 139.81 508.29

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
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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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