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Top 10 Sri Lankan Batsmen Vs India In Tests

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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 against 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) 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
Attacking Strike Rate 100.00
Big Innings Potential Top Scores 300.00

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings 10
Min Runs 250

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 AD Mathews SL 30 1051 173.05
5 ST Jayasuriya SL 16 938 154.45
6 RS Mahanama SL 20 924 152.14
7 TT Samaraweera SL 20 845 139.13
8 TM Dilshan SL 20 819 134.85
9 LD Chandimal SL 16 750 123.49
10 LRD Mendis SL 13 596 98.13

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 ST Jayasuriya 16 2 938 3 67.00 66.83 300.00
1 ST Jayasuriya 16 2 938 3 67.00 66.83 300.00
2 DPMD Jayawardena 28 1 1822 6 67.48 65.77 295.24
3 TT Samaraweera 20 7 845 3 65.00 64.52 289.60
4 LD Chandimal 16 1 750 2 50.00 51.63 231.78
5 KC Sangakkara 28 2 1352 5 52.00 50.87 228.36
6 RS Mahanama 20 0 924 2 46.20 50.29 225.72
7 LRD Mendis 13 1 596 3 49.67 48.69 218.58
8 TM Dilshan 20 3 819 3 48.18 48.20 216.35
9 PA de Silva 32 2 1252 5 41.73 43.30 194.35
10 AD Mathews 30 0 1051 3 35.03 37.23 167.14

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 ST Jayasuriya 938 1396 67.19 74.92 100.00
1 ST Jayasuriya 938 1396 67.19 74.92 100.00
2 LRD Mendis 229 351 65.24 71.83 95.88
3 TM Dilshan 819 1138 71.97 70.70 94.37
4 LD Chandimal 750 1304 57.52 56.39 75.27
5 DPMD Jayawardena 1822 3259 55.91 56.20 75.02
6 PA de Silva 978 2027 48.25 55.85 74.55
7 AD Mathews 1051 1973 53.27 52.48 70.06
8 KC Sangakkara 1352 2633 51.35 50.30 67.14
9 TT Samaraweera 845 1676 50.42 49.74 66.39
10 RS Mahanama 923 2359 39.13 46.87 62.56

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 275 242 174 139 136 193.20 300.00
1 DPMD Jayawardena 275 242 174 139 136 193.20 300.00
2 ST Jayasuriya 340 199 111 53 50 150.60 233.85
3 KC Sangakkara 219 144 137 105* 103 141.60 219.88
4 PA de Silva 148 146 126 120 110* 130.00 201.86
5 RS Mahanama 225 151 73 63 48 112.00 173.91
6 TT Samaraweera 137* 127 103* 83 78* 105.60 163.98
7 AD Mathews 111 110 102 99 83 101.00 156.83
8 LD Chandimal 164 162* 61 59 57 100.60 156.21
9 TM Dilshan 125* 112 109 68* 65 95.80 148.76
10 LRD Mendis 124 105 105 53 51 87.60 136.02

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 300.00 295.24 75.02 300.00 970.26
2 ST Jayasuriya 154.45 300.00 100.00 233.85 788.30
3 KC Sangakkara 222.61 228.36 67.14 219.88 737.99
4 PA de Silva 206.15 194.35 74.55 201.86 676.92
5 TT Samaraweera 139.13 289.60 66.39 163.98 659.10
6 RS Mahanama 152.14 225.72 62.56 173.91 614.34
7 TM Dilshan 134.85 216.35 94.37 148.76 594.33
8 LD Chandimal 123.49 231.78 75.27 156.21 586.75
9 AD Mathews 173.05 167.14 70.06 156.83 567.08
10 LRD Mendis 98.13 218.58 95.88 136.02 548.62

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
    8. .

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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