How many Indians have a higher average than Sachin, the first 5 names will surprise you, Kohli is not in the top-10 and Rohit is not in the top-20.

New Delhi. Whenever there is talk of great batting among Indian cricketers, the first name that comes to mind is Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin Tendulkar is the only batsman in the world to score 100 international centuries and more than 34 thousand runs. Many such unmatched records. But do you know that Sachin is not even in the top-5 in the list of Indian batsmen who have scored the highest average runs in Test matches. his/her name comes at number 10. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are not even in the top-10. Let us know which name is at number one in this list.

Whenever you look at the list of Indian Test batsmen and consider average in it, the first name that will come up will be that of Ishan Kishan. Yes, the cricketer who is not even in Team India these days has scored the highest average runs among Indian batsmen. his/her batting average is 78.00. Ishan Kishan scored 78 runs in 3 innings of 2 test matches for India in 2023. he/she returned unbeaten in 2 out of 3 innings.

Devdutt is second and Dhruv Jurel is third.
In this list, Devdutt Padikkal (65.00) is at second place and Dhruv Jurel (63.33) is at third place. Devdutt Padikkal has played only one innings for India, in which he/she scored 65 runs. Dhruv Jurel has scored 190 runs in 4 innings of 3 matches. Karun Nair (62.33) is at fourth place and Washington Sundar (60.80) is at fifth place. Karun Nair scored 374 runs in 7 innings for India. Washington Sundar, who performed brilliantly in the Pune Test, has scored 304 runs while remaining unbeaten 3 times in 8 innings of 5 Tests.

Sachin’s average is 53.78
Sachin Tendulkar is at number 10 in this list after scoring 15921 runs at an average of 53.78. Just before him/her is Vinod Kambli (54.20) at number nine. Roshan Shodhan (60.33) was sixth, Yashasvi Jaiswal (59.65) was seventh and R. Ramaswamy (56.66) is at eighth place.

Dravid and Gavaskar right after Sachin
Rahul Dravid is at number 11 in this list of batsmen with an average of 52.63. After him/her is Little Master Sunil Gavaskar (51.12). 12 batsmen from India have scored runs at an average of more than 50 in Test cricket. Virat Kohli’s average was also more than 50 at one time. But in the last two-three years his/her average has fallen to 48.31. Now he/she is at number 15 in this list of batsmen with the best average. Current captain Rohit Sharma (42.83) does not even come in the top-20. his/her number is 25th.

how to calculate average
If you are wondering what kind of list this is or how it is possible then you should know how to calculate the average. While calculating the average, the unbeaten innings are subtracted from the total innings of the batsman. If a batsman has batted in 10 innings and remained unbeaten 5 times. Then his/her total runs will be divided by 5. If that batsman scores 500 runs in his/her total 10 innings, then his/her average will not be 50 but 100 because he/she has been unbeaten 5 times.

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