Batting Highest Career Batting Average IN India

Highest averages in 1950s in Tests+ODIs+T20Is IN India

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
VM Merchant (IND)	1951-1951	1	1	-	154	154	154.00	-	-	1	-	-	-	0
JS Solomon (WI)	1958-1959	4	6	3	351	100*	117.00	-	-	1	2	-	-	0+
RH Shodhan (IND)	1952-1952	1	1	-	110	110	110.00	-	-	1	-	-	15	0
Zulfiqar Ahmed (PAK)	1952-1952	3	4	3	108	63*	108.00	-	-	-	1	-	-	2
GS Sobers (WI)	1958-1959	5	8	2	557	198	92.83	-	-	3	-	-	-	1+
B Sutcliffe (NZ)	1955-1956	5	9	2	611	230*	87.28	-	-	2	1	-	30+	0
VS Hazare (IND)	1951-1952	8	10	2	570	164*	71.25	-	-	3	1	2	0+	0
JR Reid (NZ)	1955-1956	5	9	2	493	120	70.42	-	-	2	2	-	23+	4
BF Butcher (WI)	1958-1959	5	8	1	486	142	69.42	-	-	2	3	-	15+	0+
RB Kanhai (WI)	1958-1959	5	8	-	538	256	67.25	-	-	1	2	1	42+	0+
AJ Watkins (ENG)	1951-1952	5	8	1	450	137*	64.28	-	-	1	3	-	-	0
RN Harvey (AUS)	1956-1959	5	7	-	443	140	63.28	-	-	2	2	-	17+	0
TW Graveney (ENG)	1951-1952	4	8	2	363	175	60.50	-	-	1	-	-	-	0
PJP Burge (AUS)	1956-1956	3	4	-	198	83	49.50	-	-	-	2	-	-	0
JKC Holt (WI)	1958-1959	5	8	1	343	123	49.00	-	-	1	2	1	21+	0+
HR Adhikari (IND)	1951-1959	8	13	4	419	81*	46.55	-	-	-	3	1	-	1
JW Burke (AUS)	1956-1956	3	4	-	183	161	45.75	-	-	1	-	-	-	0
Waqar Hasan (PAK)	1952-1952	5	8	-	357	97	44.62	-	-	-	3	-	-	0
AG Kripal Singh (IND)	1955-1959	7	9	2	308	100*	44.00	0+	-	1	2	1	0+	0+
ATW Grout (AUS)	1959-1959	1	1	-	42	42	42.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
ML Apte (IND)	1952-1952	2	3	1	82	42	41.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
PR Umrigar (IND)	1951-1959	25	38	3	1416	223	40.45	-	-	3	6	2	51+	2+
CJ Poole (ENG)	1951-1952	3	5	1	161	69*	40.25	-	-	-	2	-	-	0
P Roy (IND)	1951-1959	21	37	2	1391	173	39.74	-	-	4	4	4	47+	1+
Nazar Mohammad (PAK)	1952-1952	5	8	1	277	124*	39.57	-	-	1	1	1	-	0
MH Mankad (IND)	1951-1959	18	27	2	985	231	39.40	-	-	2	2	3	43+	2+
FCM Alexander (WI)	1958-1959	5	5	1	156	70	39.00	0+	-	-	1	-	0+	1+
LE Favell (AUS)	1959-1959	1	1	-	39	39	39.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
JG Leggat (NZ)	1955-1956	3	6	1	194	61	38.80	-	-	-	2	-	-	0
JDB Robertson (ENG)	1951-1952	5	9	1	310	77	38.75	-	-	-	3	-	-	0
CD Gopinath (IND)	1951-1952	4	5	1	146	50*	36.50	-	-	-	1	1	0+	0
VL Manjrekar (IND)	1951-1959	17	27	3	863	177	35.95	-	-	2	3	3	40+	0
Hanif Mohammad (PAK)	1952-1952	5	8	-	287	96	35.87	-	-	-	3	-	-	0
OG Smith (WI)	1958-1959	5	8	-	287	100	35.87	-	-	1	2	1	12+	3+
RT Spooner (ENG)	1951-1952	5	10	1	319	92	35.44	-	-	-	3	1	-	0
JW Guy (NZ)	1955-1956	5	10	1	313	102	34.77	-	-	1	2	1	13+	0
DB Carr (ENG)	1951-1952	2	4	-	135	76	33.75	-	-	-	1	-	-	0
ES Atkinson (WI)	1958-1959	3	3	1	67	37	33.50	-	-	-	-	-	0+	0+
DG Phadkar (IND)	1951-1959	12	14	3	360	115	32.72	0+	-	1	2	1	0+	3
CG Borde (IND)	1958-1959	6	11	-	359	109	32.63	-	-	1	2	3	-	0+
GS Ramchand (IND)	1952-1959	16	25	4	660	109	31.42	-	-	2	2	2	25+	1+
D Shackleton (ENG)	1951-1951	1	2	1	31	21*	31.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
RR Lindwall (AUS)	1956-1956	3	4	1	92	48*	30.66	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
SG Shinde (IND)	1951-1952	3	4	3	30	14	30.00	0+	-	-	-	-	0+	0
JW Rutherford (AUS)	1956-1956	1	1	-	30	30	30.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
NJ Contractor (IND)	1955-1959	12	20	-	588	92	29.40	0+	-	-	5	1	0+	0+
Fazal Mahmood (PAK)	1952-1952	5	8	2	173	33	28.83	-	-	-	-	1	-	0
AR MacGibbon (NZ)	1955-1956	5	7	1	173	59	28.83	0+	-	-	1	2	8+	0
DK Gaekwad (IND)	1952-1959	3	6	1	137	52	27.40	-	-	-	1	-	-	0
ID Craig (AUS)	1956-1956	2	3	-	82	40	27.33	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
CC Hunte (WI)	1958-1959	5	8	-	216	92	27.00	-	-	-	1	2	-	1+
WPA Crawford (AUS)	1956-1956	3	3	1	53	34	26.50	0+	-	-	-	-	0+	1
IWG Johnson (AUS)	1956-1956	2	3	-	79	73	26.33	-	-	-	1	-	-	0
RG Nadkarni (IND)	1955-1959	4	7	1	156	68*	26.00	-	-	-	1	-	-	0
AH Kardar (PAK)	1952-1952	5	8	1	173	79	24.71	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
KD Mackay (AUS)	1956-1959	5	7	-	165	78	23.57	-	-	-	1	2	0+	0
CC McDonald (AUS)	1956-1959	4	6	-	139	53	23.16	-	-	-	1	1	0+	0
MK Mantri (IND)	1951-1951	1	2	-	46	39	23.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
R Tattersall (ENG)	1951-1952	5	6	5	23	10*	23.00	-	-	-	-	-	0+	0
AK Davidson (AUS)	1956-1959	3	4	-	90	41	22.50	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
S Mushtaq Ali (IND)	1952-1952	1	1	-	22	22	22.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
L Amarnath (IND)	1951-1952	8	9	1	172	61*	21.50	0+	-	-	1	1	0+	0
VL Mehra (IND)	1955-1955	2	2	-	42	32	21.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
SN McGregor (NZ)	1955-1956	4	6	-	125	49	20.83	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
E Leadbeater (ENG)	1951-1952	2	2	-	40	38	20.00	-	-	-	-	-	0+	0
NCL O'Neill (AUS)	1959-1959	2	3	-	60	39	20.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
RS Modi (IND)	1951-1952	2	2	-	39	32	19.50	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
P Bhandari (IND)	1955-1956	2	3	-	58	39	19.33	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
RV Divecha (IND)	1951-1952	3	2	-	38	26	19.00	0+	-	-	-	-	0+	0
MS Hardikar (IND)	1958-1958	2	4	1	56	32*	18.66	-	-	-	-	1	-	0
WW Hall (WI)	1958-1959	5	4	2	37	25	18.50	0+	-	-	-	1	0+	1
FA Lowson (ENG)	1951-1952	4	8	-	145	68	18.12	-	-	-	1	-	-	0
Imtiaz Ahmed (PAK)	1952-1952	5	8	-	145	57	18.12	-	-	-	1	3	0+	0
HB Cave (NZ)	1955-1956	5	7	2	87	22*	17.40	0+	-	-	-	-	0+	0
AA Baig (IND)	1959-1959	2	4	-	69	36	17.25	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
ND Howard (ENG)	1951-1952	4	6	1	86	23	17.20	-	-	-	-	-	0+	0
CT Sarwate (IND)	1951-1951	1	2	-	34	18	17.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
SW Sohoni (IND)	1951-1951	1	2	-	34	28	17.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
RB Kenny (IND)	1958-1959	2	4	-	67	51	16.75	-	-	-	1	2	-	0
LR Gibbs (WI)	1958-1958	1	1	-	16	16	16.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
GB Stevens (AUS)	1959-1959	1	2	-	32	25	16.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
PK Sen (IND)	1951-1952	4	4	1	47	25	15.66	-	-	-	-	-	0+	1
AM Moir (NZ)	1955-1956	2	4	-	59	30	14.75	-	-	-	-	1	5+	0
CT Patankar (IND)	1955-1956	1	2	1	14	13	14.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
JM Ghorpade (IND)	1955-1959	3	5	-	66	39	13.20	-	-	-	-	1	0+	0
PGZ Harris (NZ)	1955-1955	1	2	-	26	19	13.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Maqsood Ahmed (PAK)	1952-1952	5	8	-	102	41	12.75	-	-	-	-	-	0+	0
JC Alabaster (NZ)	1955-1956	4	4	-	49	18	12.25	0+	-	-	-	-	0+	0
JB Statham (ENG)	1951-1952	5	6	1	59	27	11.80	-	-	-	-	-	0+	0
R Benaud (AUS)	1956-1959	5	7	-	80	24	11.42	-	-	-	-	1	0+	0
Ghulam Ahmed (IND)	1952-1959	11	15	4	125	50	11.36	0+	-	-	1	4	0+	2
MB Poore (NZ)	1955-1956	4	5	-	56	23	11.20	0+	-	-	-	1	0+	0
D Kenyon (ENG)	1951-1952	3	6	-	67	35	11.16	-	-	-	-	1	0+	0
HG Gaekwad (IND)	1952-1952	1	2	-	22	14	11.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Surendranath (IND)	1958-1959	4	8	3	55	24*	11.00	-	-	-	-	2	-	0+
Amir Elahi (PAK)	1952-1952	5	7	1	65	47	10.83	-	-	-	-	1	0+	0
CS Nayudu (IND)	1952-1952	1	2	-	21	21	10.50	-	-	-	-	1	-	0
Mahmood Hussain (PAK)	1952-1952	4	5	1	41	21*	10.25	-	-	-	-	1	0+	0
G Kishenchand (IND)	1952-1952	1	2	-	20	20	10.00	-	-	-	-	1	-	0
NS Harford (NZ)	1955-1956	2	3	-	30	25	10.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures