Top 10 Sri Lankan Batsmen Vs India In Tests

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 Sri Lanka against India in Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2025-09-10

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)	SL
Venue (V)	ALL
Oposition (O)	IND

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	10
Min Career Runs	1000

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK	BATSMAN	NAT	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	DPMD Jayawardena	SL	28	1822	300.00
1	DPMD Jayawardena	SL	28	1822	300.00
2	KC Sangakkara	SL	28	1352	222.61
3	PA de Silva	SL	32	1252	206.15
4	ST Jayasuriya	SL	16	938	154.45
5	RS Mahanama	SL	20	924	152.14
6	TT Samaraweera	SL	20	845	139.13
7	TM Dilshan	SL	20	819	134.85
8	LD Chandimal	SL	16	750	123.49
9	LRD Mendis	SL	13	596	98.13
10	RL Dias	SL	13	546	89.90

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	DPMD Jayawardena	28	1	1822	6	67.48	65.27	300.00
1	DPMD Jayawardena	28	1	1822	6	67.48	65.27	300.00
2	ST Jayasuriya	16	2	938	3	67.00	63.65	292.52
3	TT Samaraweera	20	7	845	3	65.00	62.17	285.74
4	LRD Mendis	13	1	596	3	49.67	60.07	276.06
5	LD Chandimal	16	1	750	2	50.00	56.34	258.94
6	RL Dias	13	1	546	1	45.50	55.03	252.90
7	KC Sangakkara	28	2	1352	5	52.00	51.28	235.67
8	RS Mahanama	20	0	924	2	46.20	49.70	228.44
9	PA de Silva	32	2	1252	5	41.73	47.67	219.11
10	TM Dilshan	20	3	819	3	48.18	47.16	216.73

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	242	174	139	136	193.20	250.00
1	DPMD Jayawardena	275	242	174	139	136	193.20	250.00
2	ST Jayasuriya	340	199	111	53	50	150.60	194.88
3	KC Sangakkara	219	144	137	105*	103	141.60	183.23
4	PA de Silva	148	146	126	120	110*	130.00	168.22
5	RS Mahanama	225	151	73	63	48	112.00	144.93
6	TT Samaraweera	137*	127	103*	83	78*	105.60	136.65
7	LD Chandimal	164	162*	61	59	57	100.60	130.18
8	TM Dilshan	125*	112	109	68*	65	95.80	123.96
9	LRD Mendis	124	105	105	53	51	87.60	113.35
10	RL Dias	106	97	95	60*	60	83.60	108.18

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	TM Dilshan	819	1138	71.97	71.04	150.00
1	RL Dias	253	383	66.06	73.78	150.00
2	LRD Mendis	229	351	65.24	72.87	150.00
3	TM Dilshan	819	1138	71.97	71.04	150.00
4	ST Jayasuriya	938	1396	67.19	70.79	149.48
5	LD Chandimal	750	1304	57.52	57.74	121.92
6	DPMD Jayawardena	1822	3259	55.91	55.79	117.81
7	PA de Silva	978	2027	48.25	55.55	117.30
8	KC Sangakkara	1352	2633	51.35	50.46	106.56
9	TT Samaraweera	845	1676	50.42	49.63	104.81
10	RS Mahanama	923	2359	39.13	45.06	95.14

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	DPMD Jayawardena	300.00	300.00	250.00	117.81	967.81
2	ST Jayasuriya	154.45	292.52	194.88	149.48	791.32
3	KC Sangakkara	222.61	235.67	183.23	106.56	748.07
4	PA de Silva	206.15	219.11	168.22	117.30	710.78
5	TT Samaraweera	139.13	285.74	136.65	104.81	666.33
6	LRD Mendis	98.13	276.06	113.35	150.00	637.55
7	LD Chandimal	123.49	258.94	130.18	121.92	634.52
8	TM Dilshan	134.85	216.73	123.96	150.00	625.55
9	RS Mahanama	152.14	228.44	144.93	95.14	620.65
10	RL Dias	89.90	252.90	108.18	150.00	600.98