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Top 10 Indian Batsmen in T20Is

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Our Twenty Twenty International (T20I) ratings take into account all matches from the first T20I match on February 17, 2005 till the below mentioned last update date. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 10 Indian batsmen in T20I Cricket of all time.

*Note: All T20I Ratings are updated till 2025-10-12

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PRIMARY CRITERIA
3.1. PROLIFIC
3.2. CONSISTENT
3.2.1. Against All Teams
3.2.2. Against Top Teams
3.3. ATTACKING
3.3.1. Against All Teams
3.3.2. Against Top Teams
3.4. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL (NWT)
3.5. QUICK INNINGS POTENTIAL (NWT)
3.6. PRIMARY RATING
4. CONDITIONS CRITERIA
4.1. HOME/AWAY
4.1.1. At Home
4.1.2. Away From Home
4.2. FAMILIAR/UNFAMILIAR CONDITIONS
4.2.1. Familiar Conditions Rating
4.2.1.1. Asians In Asia
4.2.2. Unfamiliar Conditions Rating
4.2.2.1. Asians Outside Asia
4.3. CONDITIONS RATING
5. SECONDARY CRITERIA
5.1. WORLD CUP
5.2. IMPACT INNINGS
5.3. TOP FORM
5.4. SECONDARY RATING
6. OVERALL RATING
7. NON WEAK TEAMS
8. TOP TEAMS
Nations Filter

This rating filters the OVERALL Rating to show players only from India.

  • The Rating of the players from India remains the same as in the original OVERALL Rating.
  • Thus the Trend Setter can be from any nation and is not necessarily from India.

THE CRITERIA

CRITERIA CONSTITUENTS
Primary Runs, Average, Strike Rate, Top Inns (Runs and SR)
Conditions Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia
Secondary World Cup, Impact Inns, Top Form
The Trend Setter (TS)

TS is the player which 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 an 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.
TT and NWT

Some sections consider performances only against the top teams (TT) and non weak teams (NWT). Here is some information:-

  • Win/Loss Ratio is used to determine TT and NWT.
  • They are calculated by decades.
  • A batsman's performace is counted in TT or NWT if it comes against that team in the specific decade.
  • Knock Out matches of T20 World Cup are also counted in TT.
  • TT and NWT may be found in the last section.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT) 25
Min Overall Runs 500

PRIMARY CRITERIA

The Primary Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Runs Scored 200.00
Consistent Average 250.00
Attacking Strike Rate 250.00
Big Innings Potential Top Inns (Runs) 100.00
Quick Innings Potential Top Inns (SR) 200.00

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS RG Sharma IND 2007 2024 2015.5 151 4231 200.00
1 RG Sharma IND 2007 2024 2015.5 151 4231 200.00
2 V Kohli IND 2010 2024 2017 117 4188 197.97
3 SA Yadav IND 2021 2025 2023 85 2670 126.21
4 KL Rahul IND 2016 2022 2019 68 2265 107.07
5 HH Pandya IND 2016 2025 2020.5 94 1860 87.92
6 S Dhawan IND 2011 2021 2016 66 1759 83.15
7 MS Dhoni IND 2006 2019 2012.5 85 1617 76.44
8 SK Raina IND 2006 2018 2012 66 1605 75.87
9 Yuvraj Singh IND 2007 2017 2012 51 1177 55.64
10 SS Iyer IND 2017 2023 2020 47 1104 52.19

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 1000
Min Runs (TT) 800

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 50s AVE R AVE RAT
TS V Kohli 117 31 4188 38 48.70 49.25 100.00
1 V Kohli 117 31 4188 38 48.70 49.25 100.00
2 MS Dhoni 85 42 1617 2 37.60 40.61 82.44
3 SA Yadav 85 13 2670 21 37.08 38.60 78.37
4 KL Rahul 68 8 2265 22 37.75 36.98 75.09
5 RG Sharma 151 19 4231 32 32.05 32.49 65.97
6 SS Iyer 47 11 1104 8 30.67 31.11 63.16
7 HH Pandya 94 26 1860 5 27.35 30.36 61.65
8 SK Raina 66 11 1605 5 29.18 30.29 61.50
9 Yuvraj Singh 51 9 1177 8 28.02 28.32 57.51
10 S Dhawan 66 3 1759 11 27.92 27.75 56.35

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 50s AVE R AVE RAT
TS V Kohli 96 23 3593 34 49.22 49.74 150.00
1 V Kohli 96 23 3593 34 49.22 49.74 150.00
2 MS Dhoni 74 35 1442 2 36.97 40.11 120.97
3 KL Rahul 50 5 1591 14 35.36 34.80 104.96
4 SA Yadav 64 5 1968 13 33.36 34.40 103.74
5 HH Pandya 76 21 1548 5 28.15 31.20 94.09
6 RG Sharma 117 14 3025 20 29.37 29.92 90.24
7 SK Raina 54 10 1242 3 28.23 29.53 89.07
8 Yuvraj Singh 44 6 1049 8 27.61 27.83 83.93
9 S Dhawan 49 2 1222 7 26.00 25.99 78.39
10 SS Iyer 39 7 754 4 23.56 24.28 73.22

ATTACKING

R SR

Relative Strike Rate (R SR) is calculated using the same method as R Ave with average being replaced with SR.

Criteria: Points For R SR

Min Qualification For TS
Min Runs 1000
Min Runs (TT) 800
Min Average 20

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS TH David 1507 896 168.19 167.81 100.00
1 SA Yadav 2670 1626 164.21 163.08 97.18
2 HH Pandya 1860 1319 141.02 140.53 83.74
3 RG Sharma 4231 3003 140.89 140.11 83.49
4 Yuvraj Singh 1177 863 136.38 138.97 82.81
5 V Kohli 4188 3056 137.04 137.61 82.00
6 SK Raina 1605 1190 134.87 137.30 81.82
7 KL Rahul 2265 1628 139.13 136.73 81.48
8 SS Iyer 1104 811 136.13 133.02 79.27
9 MS Dhoni 1617 1282 126.13 128.14 76.36
10 S Dhawan 1759 1392 126.36 124.81 74.38

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS PD Salt 1286 755 170.33 166.85 200.00
1 SA Yadav 1968 1218 161.58 159.08 190.68
2 Yuvraj Singh 1049 763 137.48 139.80 167.58
3 RG Sharma 3025 2161 139.98 138.97 166.58
4 V Kohli 3593 2611 137.61 138.00 165.41
5 HH Pandya 1548 1117 138.59 137.85 165.24
6 SK Raina 1242 928 133.84 136.48 163.59
7 KL Rahul 1591 1149 138.47 135.69 162.65
8 S Dhawan 1222 945 129.31 128.06 153.50
9 MS Dhoni 1442 1166 123.67 125.62 150.58
10 SS Iyer 754 607 124.22 121.50 145.64

BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL (NWT)

Ave HS

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 scores of the batsman against Non Weak Teams of all time. 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 GJ Maxwell 145* 120* 113* 104* 103* 117.00 100.00
1 RG Sharma 121* 118 111* 106 100* 111.20 95.04
2 SA Yadav 117 112* 111* 100 83 104.60 89.40
3 V Kohli 122* 94* 90* 89* 85 96.00 82.05
4 KL Rahul 110* 101* 91 89 71 92.40 78.97
5 S Dhawan 92 90 80 76 72 82.00 70.09
6 Yuvraj Singh 77* 72 70 67 60* 69.20 59.15
7 SS Iyer 74* 73* 67 64 62 68.00 58.12
8 SK Raina 101 63 63 61* 49* 67.40 57.61
9 HH Pandya 71* 63 53 51 50* 57.60 49.23
10 MS Dhoni 56 52* 49 48* 46 50.20 42.91

QUICK INNINGS POTENTIAL (NWT)

QI SR

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 innings of the batsman with highest strike rate against Non Weak Teams. Quick Innings Strike Rate (QI SR) is the Relative SR of the batsmen in the 5 innings.

Criteria: Points For R SR In The Top 5 Inns by SR

RANK BATSMAN 1 2 3 4 5 QI SR RAT
TS Shahid Afridi 25/7 24/8 23/8 28/10 39/15 297.81 150.00
1 Yuvraj Singh 58/16 27/10 60/25 70/30 41/18 263.48 132.71
2 HH Pandya 35/13 47/18 31/12 22/9 39/16 255.00 128.44
3 RG Sharma 118/43 21/9 46/20 92/41 62/28 239.08 120.42
4 SA Yadav 61/22 58/26 112/51 111/51 26/12 225.61 113.63
5 MS Dhoni 20/6 38/18 36/18 52/28 22/12 208.13 104.83
6 V Kohli 70/29 26/11 122/61 38/20 72/38 207.15 104.33
7 KL Rahul 110/51 56/27 57/28 101/54 26/14 197.68 99.57
8 S Dhawan 26/9 51/25 23/12 41/22 72/39 196.62 99.03
9 SS Iyer 37/18 57/28 58/29 62/33 24/13 192.20 96.81
10 SK Raina 21/10 49/25 27/15 41/23 33/19 189.21 95.30

PRIMARY RATING

The total of the above five criteria comes out to be 1,000.00 points. The Primary Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the five criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 40 percent.

RANK BATSMAN PRO CON ATT BIP QIP RAT PRI PTS
1 V Kohli 197.97 250.00 247.42 82.05 104.33 881.77 352.71
2 RG Sharma 200.00 156.20 250.07 95.04 120.42 821.74 328.69
3 SA Yadav 126.21 182.12 287.86 89.40 113.63 799.23 319.69
4 KL Rahul 107.07 180.05 244.13 78.97 99.57 709.79 283.92
5 HH Pandya 87.92 155.74 248.98 49.23 128.44 670.32 268.13
6 MS Dhoni 76.44 203.41 226.94 42.91 104.83 654.52 261.81
7 Yuvraj Singh 55.64 141.44 250.39 59.15 132.71 639.32 255.73
8 SK Raina 75.87 150.57 245.41 57.61 95.30 624.76 249.90
9 S Dhawan 83.15 134.73 227.88 70.09 99.03 614.88 245.95
10 SS Iyer 52.19 136.38 224.91 58.12 96.81 568.40 227.36

CONDITIONS CRITERIA

The Conditions Rating is calculated by applying the five criteria of Primary Rating to various conditions. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points. Click on the Rating Titles to see how they were calculated.

The four conditions criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

CRITERIA POINTS
Home 20.00
Away 80.00
Familiar Conditions 20.00
Unfamiliar Conditions 80.00

HOME/AWAY

HM/AW RATING

Points to note:-

  • U.A.E. and India are considered as Home for Afghanistan.
  • U.A.E. is also considered as a second home for Pakistan.
  • All Home and Away stats of Pakistani and Afghani batsmen are calculated accordingly.

At Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 V Kohli 45 1577 50.87 148.63 809.20 16.18
2 RG Sharma 57 1532 29.46 145.77 736.79 14.74
3 SA Yadav 33 1044 36.00 168.39 721.62 14.43
4 KL Rahul 30 1018 37.70 135.91 638.08 12.76
5 HH Pandya 39 784 26.13 145.45 635.55 12.71
6 MS Dhoni 31 670 44.67 130.35 622.85 12.46
7 Yuvraj Singh 18 437 29.13 149.66 599.78 12.00
8 SS Iyer 33 800 32.00 139.37 568.59 11.37
9 S Dhawan 27 706 28.24 116.89 530.71 10.61
10 SK Raina 20 418 23.22 131.03 487.74 9.75

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 V Kohli 72 2611 47.47 130.88 846.42 67.71
2 RG Sharma 94 2699 33.74 138.27 806.32 64.51
3 SA Yadav 52 1626 37.81 161.63 802.48 64.20
4 KL Rahul 38 1247 37.79 141.87 702.46 56.20
5 SK Raina 46 1187 32.08 136.28 667.95 53.44
6 HH Pandya 55 1076 28.32 137.95 642.70 51.42
7 MS Dhoni 54 947 33.82 123.31 626.07 50.09
8 S Dhawan 39 1053 27.71 133.63 623.51 49.88
9 Yuvraj Singh 33 740 27.41 129.60 612.23 48.98
10 SS Iyer 14 304 27.64 128.27 500.00 40.00

FAMILIAR/UNFAMILIAR CONDITIONS

FC/UC RATING

Points to note:-

  • Unfamiliar Conditions (UC) is Outside Asia for Asians and In Asia for Non Asians.
  • Familiar Conditions (FC) are the opposite.

Familiar Conditions Rating

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 V Kohli 70 2728 58.04 139.61 903.41 18.07
2 RG Sharma 88 2445 30.56 141.41 778.55 15.57
3 SA Yadav 51 1439 34.26 162.42 732.66 14.65
4 KL Rahul 43 1410 36.15 136.50 658.91 13.18
5 HH Pandya 55 1025 24.40 144.16 649.86 13.00
6 MS Dhoni 46 857 45.11 131.44 649.02 12.98
7 Yuvraj Singh 32 724 27.85 130.22 600.33 12.01
8 S Dhawan 42 1100 28.21 118.66 581.56 11.63
9 SS Iyer 33 800 32.00 139.37 564.06 11.28
10 SK Raina 38 802 25.06 127.71 548.70 10.97

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 SA Yadav 34 1231 41.03 166.35 846.88 67.75
2 RG Sharma 63 1786 34.35 140.19 835.72 66.86
3 V Kohli 47 1460 37.44 132.49 765.35 61.23
4 KL Rahul 25 855 40.71 143.70 714.94 57.20
5 SK Raina 28 803 34.91 142.88 666.81 53.34
6 HH Pandya 39 835 32.12 137.34 642.39 51.39
7 Yuvraj Singh 19 453 28.31 147.56 619.18 49.53
8 S Dhawan 24 659 27.46 141.72 603.81 48.31
9 MS Dhoni 39 760 31.67 120.63 603.59 48.29
10 SS Iyer 14 304 27.64 128.27 506.66 40.53

CONDITIONS RATING

The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 20%.

RANK BATSMAN AWAY HOME UC FC CON PTS
1 V Kohli 67.71 16.18 61.23 18.07 163.19
2 RG Sharma 64.51 14.74 66.86 15.57 161.67
3 SA Yadav 64.20 14.43 67.75 14.65 161.03
4 KL Rahul 56.20 12.76 57.20 13.18 139.33
5 HH Pandya 51.42 12.71 51.39 13.00 128.52
6 SK Raina 53.44 9.75 53.34 10.97 127.51
7 MS Dhoni 50.09 12.46 48.29 12.98 123.81
8 Yuvraj Singh 48.98 12.00 49.53 12.01 122.51
9 S Dhawan 49.88 10.61 48.31 11.63 120.43
10 SS Iyer 40.00 11.37 40.53 11.28 103.19

SECONDARY CRITERIA

The Secondary Rating consists of three parts. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points. Click on the Rating Titles to see how they were calculated.

The three secondary criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

CRITERIA POINTS
World Cup 150.00
Impact Innings 150.00
Top Form 100.00
WORLD CUP RATING

Points to note:-

  • Qualifying round is the round in some editions of World Cup in which the main teams don't play.
  • Matches in qualifying round are not considered in our rating.

WORLD CUP

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 5

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 V Kohli 33 1292 58.73 128.81 908.26 136.24
2 RG Sharma 44 1220 34.86 133.04 810.61 121.59
3 SA Yadav 17 480 40.00 158.94 645.82 96.87
4 Yuvraj Singh 28 593 23.72 128.91 645.77 96.86
5 HH Pandya 16 357 29.75 142.23 608.83 91.32
6 MS Dhoni 29 529 35.27 123.89 594.09 89.11
7 SK Raina 21 453 25.17 130.17 586.16 87.92
8 SS Iyer 0 0 NA NA 500.00 75.00
9 KL Rahul 11 322 32.20 138.20 423.66 63.55
10 S Dhawan 7 74 10.57 83.15 235.19 35.28
Impact Innings (II)

Impact Innings are those innings which have an impact in terms of Runs or Strike Rate. Know All About II. Points to note about II:-

  • Both Inns are clubbed together.
  • A Batsman should score at least 20 runs to qualify.
  • An Inn is included in II if it is 250% of the total runs of the higher total or
  • The runs are 10.00% of the total runs and
  • The SR is high or in a successful chase while being Not Out.

IMPACT INNINGS

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 25

RANK BATSMAN DIS II II/Dis % RAT WTG
1 V Kohli 86 39 45.35 845.74 126.86
2 SA Yadav 72 30 41.67 768.55 115.28
3 RG Sharma 132 39 29.55 661.88 99.28
4 HH Pandya 68 20 29.41 513.91 77.09
5 Yuvraj Singh 42 15 35.71 509.48 76.42
6 S Dhawan 63 12 19.05 500.00 75.00
6 SS Iyer 36 11 30.56 500.00 75.00
8 MS Dhoni 43 13 30.23 436.41 65.46
9 SK Raina 55 14 25.45 425.57 63.84
10 KL Rahul 60 16 26.67 419.54 62.93
TOP FORM RATING

Points to note:-

  • Top Form is calculated by taking the best 30 consecutive innings of a batsman.
  • Only Inns against Non Weak Teams are considered in the rating.
  • Non Weak Teams may be found in the last section.

TOP FORM

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 15

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 SA Yadav 30 1282 51.28 162.48 866.05 86.61
2 V Kohli 30 1213 55.14 143.55 818.45 81.84
3 KL Rahul 30 1154 44.38 148.90 774.18 77.42
4 RG Sharma 30 942 34.89 156.22 745.90 74.59
5 Yuvraj Singh 30 864 34.56 154.56 718.03 71.80
6 SS Iyer 30 832 41.60 141.98 671.21 67.12
7 S Dhawan 30 904 32.29 135.53 660.75 66.07
8 HH Pandya 30 736 33.45 147.49 658.79 65.88
9 MS Dhoni 30 660 50.77 138.66 658.27 65.83
10 SK Raina 30 806 36.64 136.84 639.93 63.99

SECONDARY RATING

The Secondary Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the three criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 40%.

RANK BATSMAN WC II TF SEC RAT
1 V Kohli 136.24 126.86 81.84 344.95
2 SA Yadav 96.87 115.28 86.61 298.76
3 RG Sharma 121.59 99.28 74.59 295.46
4 Yuvraj Singh 96.86 76.42 71.80 245.09
5 HH Pandya 91.32 77.09 65.88 234.29
6 MS Dhoni 89.11 65.46 65.83 220.40
7 SS Iyer 75.00 75.00 67.12 217.12
8 SK Raina 87.92 63.84 63.99 215.75
9 KL Rahul 63.55 62.93 77.42 203.90
10 S Dhawan 35.28 75.00 66.07 176.35

OVERALL RATING

OVERALL Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000 Pts.

RANK OV RANK BATSMAN NAT PRI PTS CON PTS SEC PTS FIN RAT
1 1 V Kohli IND 352.71 163.19 344.95 860.85
2 3 RG Sharma IND 328.69 161.67 295.46 785.83
3 4 SA Yadav IND 319.69 161.03 298.76 779.49
4 28 HH Pandya IND 268.13 128.52 234.29 630.93
5 29 KL Rahul IND 283.92 139.33 203.90 627.14
6 33 Yuvraj Singh IND 255.73 122.51 245.09 623.33
7 45 MS Dhoni IND 261.81 123.81 220.40 606.02
8 50 SK Raina IND 249.90 127.51 215.75 593.17
9 77 SS Iyer IND 227.36 103.19 217.12 547.67
10 82 S Dhawan IND 245.95 120.43 176.35 542.73

NON WEAK TEAMS

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
2000s PAK SA SL IND WI AUS NZ ENG BAN
2010s IND SA PAK AUS ENG NZ SL WI BAN AFG
2020s IND AUS ENG NZ PAK SA BAN WI SL US AFG

TOP TEAMS

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
2000s PAK SA SL IND WI AUS NZ ENG
2010s IND SA PAK AUS ENG NZ SL WI
2020s IND AUS ENG NZ PAK SA BAN WI

* 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.

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