Popular: Kapil Dev | Malcolm Marshall | Sachin Tendulkar
Highest averages
Player Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0
R Dravid 1996-2011 21 37 5 1950 217 60.93 7 8 1
M Azharuddin 1984-1996 15 24 2 1278 182 58.09 6 3 1
SC Ganguly 1996-2007 12 19 2 983 136 57.82 3 5 2
SR Tendulkar 1990-2012 32 53 4 2535 193 51.73 7 13 0
VM Merchant 1933-1951 10 18 0 859 154 47.72 3 3 2
VS Hazare 1946-1952 12 19 2 803 164* 47.23 2 3 2
G Gambhir 2008-2012 9 16 0 714 179 44.62 1 4 0
VL Manjrekar 1951-1964 17 29 2 1181 189* 43.74 3 5 4
DB Vengsarkar 1977-1990 26 43 6 1589 157 42.94 5 6 3
ML Jaisimha 1959-1964 11 20 0 852 129 42.60 2 6 0
RG Nadkarni 1959-1964 10 18 5 553 122* 42.53 1 3 1
BK Kunderan 1961-1967 8 15 0 632 192 42.13 2 1 0
MAK Pataudi 1961-1973 14 25 2 946 203* 41.13 3 4 3
N Kapil Dev 1979-1993 27 39 6 1355 116 41.06 2 8 4
KS More 1986-1993 9 12 5 277 61* 39.57 0 1 1
Yashpal Sharma 1979-1982 9 15 3 468 140 39.00 1 1 0
SM Gavaskar 1971-1986 38 67 2 2483 221 38.20 4 16 3
RJ Shastri 1981-1990 20 31 4 1026 187 38.00 4 3 3
GR Viswanath 1971-1982 30 54 4 1880 222 37.60 4 12 3
FM Engineer 1961-1974 18 33 3 1113 121 37.10 1 8 2
SM Patil 1980-1984 9 13 2 407 129* 37.00 1 1 2
M Amarnath 1976-1986 11 19 1 656 95 36.44 0 5 3
MH Mankad 1946-1952 11 18 1 618 184 36.35 1 4 2
Yuvraj Singh 2006-2012 8 14 1 471 86 36.23 0 4 1
DN Sardesai 1961-1972 11 20 1 674 87 35.47 0 6 0
MS Dhoni 2006-2012 16 27 2 808 99 32.32 0 8 4
M Prabhakar 1984-1993 8 13 2 348 67* 31.63 0 1 0
AL Wadekar 1967-1974 14 28 1 840 91 31.11 0 6 3
W Jaffer 2002-2007 8 16 0 494 100 30.87 1 4 2
SMH Kirmani 1976-1985 20 29 6 707 102 30.73 1 4 3
VVS Laxman 2001-2011 17 28 3 766 75 30.64 0 6 2
SA Durani 1961-1973 13 23 1 672 90 30.54 0 5 2
CG Borde 1959-1967 17 30 5 746 84 29.84 0 6 4
PR Umrigar 1951-1962 17 28 2 770 147* 29.61 3 0 3
V Sehwag 2001-2012 17 29 1 821 117 29.32 2 4 7
S Mushtaq Ali 1934-1952 8 14 1 372 112 28.61 1 2 1
NJ Contractor 1959-1962 9 16 1 413 86 27.53 0 3 1
DG Phadkar 1951-1952 8 12 0 311 115 25.91 1 2 1
P Roy 1951-1959 14 25 1 620 140 25.83 2 1 8
CK Nayudu 1932-1936 7 14 0 350 81 25.00 0 2 0
K Srikkanth 1981-1986 9 16 1 365 84 24.33 0 2 3
L Amarnath 1933-1952 9 15 1 339 118 24.21 1 1 3
ED Solkar 1971-1977 12 23 3 456 75 22.80 0 3 0
L Amar Singh 1932-1936 7 14 1 292 51 22.46 0 1 1
BP Patel 1974-1977 7 14 0 296 83 21.14 0 2 0
HR Adhikari 1951-1952 6 10 1 187 60 20.77 0 1 3
A Kumble 1990-2007 19 23 2 422 110* 20.09 1 1 3
CPS Chauhan 1973-1979 6 11 0 213 80 19.36 0 2 2
AD Gaekwad 1976-1985 9 17 1 290 39 18.12 0 0 1
S Abid Ali 1971-1974 10 18 1 307 71 18.05 0 2 2

Minimum of 10 innings

Records includes the following current or recent matches:
India v England at Nagpur, 4th Test, Dec 13-17, 2012 [Test # 2066]
India v England at Kolkata, 3rd Test, Dec 5-9, 2012 [Test # 2065]
India v England at Mumbai, 2nd Test, Nov 23-26, 2012 [Test # 2062]
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