Batting Highest Career Batting Average - India

Highest averages in 1970s in Tests - India

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
SM Gavaskar	1971-1979	60	108	7	5647	221	55.91	6806+	44.32	22	25	6	530+	13
GR Viswanath	1971-1979	62	108	8	4611	179	46.11	5222+	41.74	10	28	5	405+	6
DB Vengsarkar	1976-1979	34	56	6	1997	157*	39.94	2974+	36.18	5	10	6	138+	8
FM Engineer	1971-1975	16	30	2	1004	121	35.85	1416+	55.22	1	8	4	106+	1
M Amarnath	1976-1979	25	43	2	1450	101*	35.36	1114+	42.99	2	9	5	75+	6
CPS Chauhan	1973-1979	29	47	1	1501	93	32.63	2660+	35.78	-	13	5	143+	0
AD Gaekwad	1974-1979	21	37	3	1089	102	32.02	699+	31.33	1	5	1	70+	0
N Kapil Dev	1978-1979	23	31	3	893	126*	31.89	746+	82.97	1	5	2	76+	12
BP Patel	1974-1977	21	38	5	972	115*	29.45	794+	43.07	1	5	-	86+	7
SMH Kirmani	1976-1979	39	57	9	1360	101*	28.33	1874+	44.50	1	6	3	126+	1
AL Wadekar	1971-1974	16	29	1	749	90	26.75	1467+	40.76	-	4	3	66+	1
ED Solkar	1971-1977	22	39	4	877	102	25.05	1467+	31.08	1	6	-	72+	3
KD Ghavri	1974-1979	32	45	11	777	86	22.85	1097+	42.02	-	2	1	57+	7
AV Mankad	1971-1978	15	28	2	569	53*	21.88	626+	35.46	-	2	2	23+	0
S Abid Ali	1971-1974	17	29	3	488	71	18.76	592+	51.85	-	3	2	42+	0
S Madan Lal	1974-1977	16	30	6	428	55*	17.83	251+	45.41	-	1	2	18+	0
S Venkataraghavan	1971-1979	36	45	5	477	64	11.92	535+	37.00	-	2	7	29+	3
EAS Prasanna	1971-1978	27	46	14	373	37	11.65	508+	39.56	-	-	9	34+	0
BS Bedi	1971-1979	48	69	20	452	50*	9.22	414+	49.03	-	1	16	37+	3
BS Chandrasekhar	1971-1979	42	57	27	95	20*	3.16	267+	14.98	-	-	18	3+	0

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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:

SLC Blues vs SLC Greens at Colombo (SSC), SLC T20 League 1st Match, Aug 7, 2025 [Twenty20]

Welsh Fire (Men) vs Northern Superchargers (Men) at Leeds, The Hundred Men's Competition 3rd Match, Aug 7, 2025 [Twenty20]

Croatia vs Cyprus at Zagreb, Cyprus in Croatia 2nd T20I, Aug 7, 2025 [T20I # 3394]