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Top 10 West Indian 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 West Indies 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) WI
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 CH Lloyd WI 22 1359 300.00
1 CH Lloyd WI 22 1359 300.00
2 CG Greenidge WI 25 1042 230.02
3 AI Kallicharran WI 19 992 218.98
4 IVA Richards WI 24 954 210.60
5 GS Sobers WI 13 899 198.45
6 RB Kanhai WI 12 765 168.87
7 S Chanderpaul WI 15 624 137.75
8 BF Butcher WI 13 572 126.27
9 DM Bravo WI 10 504 111.26
10 SFAF Bacchus WI 10 472 104.19

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 GS Sobers 13 4 899 3 99.89 98.43 300.00
1 GS Sobers 13 4 899 3 99.89 98.43 300.00
2 CH Lloyd 22 4 1359 4 75.50 79.10 241.08
3 AI Kallicharran 19 2 992 2 58.35 64.65 197.04
4 RB Kanhai 12 0 765 1 63.75 62.92 191.75
5 S Chanderpaul 15 3 624 2 52.00 55.20 168.25
6 SFAF Bacchus 10 0 472 1 47.20 54.02 164.64
7 DM Bravo 10 0 504 2 50.40 50.15 152.85
8 BF Butcher 13 1 572 2 47.67 46.97 143.16
9 CG Greenidge 25 2 1042 3 45.30 46.50 141.73
10 IVA Richards 24 3 954 3 45.43 46.34 141.23

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 IVA Richards 362 475 76.21 87.68 100.00
1 IVA Richards 362 475 76.21 87.68 100.00
2 CH Lloyd 527 817 64.50 77.23 88.08
3 AI Kallicharran 285 470 60.64 73.14 83.42
4 CG Greenidge 561 1133 49.51 57.23 65.27
5 S Chanderpaul 624 1266 49.29 52.46 59.84
6 DM Bravo 504 982 51.32 51.76 59.03
7 GS Sobers 0 0 NK NA 57.03
8 RB Kanhai 0 0 NK NA 57.03
9 BF Butcher 0 0 NK NA 57.03
10 SFAF Bacchus 11 19 57.89 NA 57.03

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 CH Lloyd 242* 163 161* 103 82 150.20 300.00
1 CH Lloyd 242* 163 161* 103 82 150.20 300.00
2 GS Sobers 198 142* 106* 95 74* 123.00 245.67
3 CG Greenidge 194 141 107 93 72* 121.40 242.48
4 RB Kanhai 256 99 90 77 66 117.60 234.89
5 AI Kallicharran 187 124 98 98 71 115.60 230.89
6 IVA Richards 192* 120 109* 68 68 111.40 222.50
7 SFAF Bacchus 250 96 61 26 20 90.60 180.96
8 BF Butcher 142 103 71 64* 60 88.00 175.77
9 DM Bravo 166 136 48 37 30 83.40 166.58
10 S Chanderpaul 140 118 54 47 47 81.20 162.18

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 CH Lloyd 300.00 241.08 88.08 300.00 929.15
2 GS Sobers 198.45 300.00 57.03 245.67 801.15
3 AI Kallicharran 218.98 197.04 83.42 230.89 730.34
4 CG Greenidge 230.02 141.73 65.27 242.48 679.50
5 IVA Richards 210.60 141.23 100.00 222.50 674.33
6 RB Kanhai 168.87 191.75 57.03 234.89 652.54
7 S Chanderpaul 137.75 168.25 59.84 162.18 528.01
8 SFAF Bacchus 104.19 164.64 57.03 180.96 506.81
9 BF Butcher 126.27 143.16 57.03 175.77 502.22
10 DM Bravo 111.26 152.85 59.03 166.58 489.71

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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