Best Sri Lankan Fast Bowlers In Tests Against India Featured

Top 7 Sri Lankan Pacers 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 7 Fast bowlers from Sri Lanka against India 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) SL
Venue (V) ALL
Oposition (O) IND

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 WPUJC Vaas SL 24 30 300.00
1 WPUJC Vaas SL 24 30 300.00
2 RJ Ratnayake SL 9 26 260.00
3 KTGD Prasad SL 11 22 220.00
4 ALF de Mel SL 9 20 200.00
5 Nuwan Pradeep SL 7 14 140.00
6 GP Wickramasinghe SL 8 13 130.00
7 RAS Lakmal SL 8 11 110.00

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 RJ Ratnayake 9 756 26 29.08 27.77 250.00
1 RJ Ratnayake 9 756 26 29.08 27.77 250.00
2 KTGD Prasad 11 759 22 34.50 28.89 240.36
3 Nuwan Pradeep 7 478 14 34.14 29.35 236.60
4 RAS Lakmal 8 506 11 46.00 34.23 202.87
5 ALF de Mel 9 758 20 37.90 37.91 183.15
6 WPUJC Vaas 24 1343 30 44.77 38.27 181.42
7 GP Wickramasinghe 8 622 13 47.85 41.52 167.25

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 15

RANK BOWLER INNS BLS WKTS SR R SR RAT
TS KTGD Prasad 11 1170 22 53.18 50.09 250.00
1 KTGD Prasad 11 1170 22 53.18 50.09 250.00
2 Nuwan Pradeep 7 790 14 56.43 54.68 228.99
3 RJ Ratnayake 9 1498 26 57.62 55.56 225.40
4 ALF de Mel 9 1347 20 67.35 66.40 188.58
5 RAS Lakmal 8 906 11 82.36 69.39 180.46
6 WPUJC Vaas 24 2811 30 93.70 81.48 153.68
7 GP Wickramasinghe 8 1195 13 91.92 82.27 152.21

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 RJ Ratnayake 6/85 5/49 4/76 3/60 2/64 4.00 200.00
1 RJ Ratnayake 6/85 5/49 4/76 3/60 2/64 4.00 200.00
2 ALF de Mel 5/64 5/68 3/64 2/63 2/97 3.40 170.00
2 KTGD Prasad 4/43 4/69 4/100 3/82 2/60 3.40 170.00
4 WPUJC Vaas 4/20 4/65 2/32 2/60 2/62 2.80 140.00
4 Nuwan Pradeep 6/132 4/62 3/98 1/52 2.80 140.00
6 GP Wickramasinghe 3/83 3/95 2/76 2/108 1/20 2.20 110.00
6 RAS Lakmal 4/26 3/93 2/90 1/12 1/60 2.20 110.00

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 RJ Ratnayake 260.00 250.00 225.40 200.00 935.40
2 KTGD Prasad 220.00 240.36 250.00 170.00 880.36
3 WPUJC Vaas 300.00 181.42 153.68 140.00 775.11
4 Nuwan Pradeep 140.00 236.60 228.99 140.00 745.59
5 ALF de Mel 200.00 183.15 188.58 170.00 741.73
6 RAS Lakmal 110.00 202.87 180.46 110.00 603.34
7 GP Wickramasinghe 130.00 167.25 152.21 110.00 559.46

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
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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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