Batting Highest Career Batting Average - India

Highest averages in 1950s in Tests - India

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
VS Hazare	1951-1953	17	27	3	1097	164*	45.70	-	-	3	5	4	3+	0
PR Umrigar	1951-1959	43	70	6	2520	223	39.37	1+	-	7	11	4	80+	4+
MH Mankad	1951-1959	31	48	5	1536	231	35.72	-	-	3	5	3	44+	6+
VL Manjrekar	1951-1959	32	54	6	1682	177	35.04	-	-	4	7	7	67+	0
P Roy	1951-1959	39	72	4	2280	173	33.52	1+	-	5	8	14	59+	1+
NJ Contractor	1955-1959	16	28	1	821	92	30.40	0+	-	-	7	2	3+	1+
GS Ramchand	1952-1959	30	48	5	1124	109	26.13	-	-	2	5	5	36+	1+
DG Phadkar	1951-1959	23	30	4	675	115	25.96	0+	-	1	4	2	1+	4
NS Tamhane	1955-1959	19	25	5	222	54*	11.10	0+	-	-	1	7	4+	0
Ghulam Ahmed	1952-1959	19	26	7	161	50	8.47	0+	-	-	1	8	0+	2
SP Gupte	1951-1959	31	39	12	182	21	6.74	0+	-	-	-	4	2+	0

Adjust:Most recentPast weekPast MonthPast year4 years10 years25 years

Minimum of 20 innings
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

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Yorkshire vs Northamptonshire at Northampton, One-Day Cup Group B, Aug 8, 2025 [List A]

Gloucestershire vs Surrey at Guildford, One-Day Cup Group A, Aug 8, 2025 [List A]

Durham vs Somerset at Taunton, One-Day Cup Group B, Aug 8, 2025 [List A]