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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). 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 West Indies in India in Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2025-02-15

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
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) 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
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 7

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 99.89 105.86 300.00
1 GS Sobers 13 4 899 3 99.89 105.86 300.00
2 CH Lloyd 22 4 1359 4 75.50 80.31 227.59
3 RB Kanhai 12 0 765 1 63.75 67.63 191.66
4 AI Kallicharran 19 2 992 2 58.35 65.16 184.65
5 DM Bravo 10 0 504 2 50.40 55.86 158.29
6 S Chanderpaul 15 3 624 2 52.00 55.69 157.81
7 SFAF Bacchus 10 0 472 1 47.20 52.53 148.86
8 BF Butcher 13 1 572 2 47.67 50.52 143.16
9 IVA Richards 24 3 954 3 45.43 47.02 133.25
10 CG Greenidge 25 2 1042 3 45.30 47.01 133.21

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 82 150.20 250.00
1 CH Lloyd 242* 163 161* 103 82 150.20 250.00
2 GS Sobers 198 142* 106* 95 74* 123.00 204.73
3 CG Greenidge 194 141 107 93 72* 121.40 202.06
4 RB Kanhai 256 99 90 77 66 117.60 195.74
5 AI Kallicharran 187 124 98 98 71 115.60 192.41
6 IVA Richards 192* 120 109* 68 68 111.40 185.42
7 SFAF Bacchus 250 96 61 26 20 90.60 150.80
8 BF Butcher 142 103 71 64* 60 88.00 146.47
9 DM Bravo 166 136 48 37 30 83.40 138.81
10 S Chanderpaul 140 118 54 47 47 81.20 135.15

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 82.60 150.00
1 IVA Richards 362 475 76.21 82.60 150.00
2 CH Lloyd 527 817 64.50 71.96 130.68
3 AI Kallicharran 285 470 60.64 67.89 123.29
4 CG Greenidge 561 1133 49.51 53.80 97.70
5 DM Bravo 504 982 51.32 51.15 92.90
6 S Chanderpaul 624 1266 49.29 50.03 90.85
7 SFAF Bacchus 11 19 NA NA 90.80
8 GS Sobers 0 0 NA NA 90.80
9 RB Kanhai 0 0 NA NA 90.80
10 BF Butcher 0 0 NA NA 90.80

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 CH Lloyd 300.00 227.59 250.00 130.68 908.27
2 GS Sobers 198.45 300.00 204.73 90.80 793.98
3 AI Kallicharran 218.98 184.65 192.41 123.29 719.33
4 IVA Richards 210.60 133.25 185.42 150.00 679.26
5 CG Greenidge 230.02 133.21 202.06 97.70 663.00
6 RB Kanhai 168.87 191.66 195.74 90.80 647.07
7 S Chanderpaul 137.75 157.81 135.15 90.85 521.56
8 BF Butcher 126.27 143.16 146.47 90.80 506.70
9 DM Bravo 111.26 158.29 138.81 92.90 501.27
10 SFAF Bacchus 104.19 148.86 150.80 90.80 494.65

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