Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Highest averages for India vs New Zealand in Tests

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
DN Sardesai (IND)	1965-1965	3	6	3	360	200*	120.00	-	-	2	0	0	51	0
MH Mankad (IND)	1955-1956	4	5	0	526	231	105.20	-	-	2	0	0	43+	0
AG Kripal Singh (IND)	1955-1956	4	3	1	199	100*	99.50	0+	0.00	1	1	0	0+	0
VL Manjrekar (IND)	1955-1965	6	8	2	507	177	84.50	-	-	3	1	1	55+	0
JDS Neesham (NZ)	2014-2016	2	4	1	241	137*	80.33	308	78.24	1	1	1	38	0
P Roy (IND)	1955-1956	3	4	0	301	173	75.25	-	-	2	0	1	12+	0
PR Umrigar (IND)	1955-1956	5	6	1	351	223	70.20	-	-	1	1	0	26+	0
B Sutcliffe (NZ)	1955-1965	9	16	3	885	230*	68.07	-	-	3	3	0	75+	0
BB McCullum (NZ)	2009-2014	10	19	1	1224	302	68.00	2013	60.80	4	2	1	141	13
R Dravid (IND)	1998-2010	15	28	2	1659	222	63.80	3668	45.22	6	6	1	223	2
JF Reid (NZ)	1981-1981	3	5	1	250	123*	62.50	891	28.05	1	1	1	21	0
AR Patel (IND)	2021-2021	2	4	2	124	52	62.00	230	53.91	0	1	0	10	6
JG Wright (NZ)	1981-1990	9	15	2	804	185	61.84	2279	35.27	3	3	0	94	4
M Azharuddin (IND)	1988-1999	12	14	1	796	192	61.23	1334	59.67	2	3	0	97	1
JD Ryder (NZ)	2009-2010	6	10	0	601	201	60.10	1053	57.07	3	2	1	69	3
K Srikkanth (IND)	1988-1988	3	6	2	240	94	60.00	361	66.48	0	3	1	25	6
CD McMillan (NZ)	1998-2003	8	14	3	647	100*	58.81	1063	60.86	1	5	0	72	5
GS Ramchand (IND)	1955-1956	5	6	2	234	106*	58.50	-	-	1	1	0	25+	1
VVS Laxman (IND)	2002-2010	10	17	3	818	124*	58.42	1810	45.19	2	6	2	112	1
CG Borde (IND)	1965-1968	8	13	2	613	109	55.72	-	-	1	5	0	76+	0
DJ Nash (NZ)	1994-1999	9	13	8	277	89*	55.40	696	39.79	0	2	2	23	1
MS Dhoni (IND)	2009-2014	9	13	2	599	98	54.45	1009	59.36	0	6	0	68	9
G Gambhir (IND)	2009-2016	9	16	2	749	167	53.50	1509	49.63	2	4	1	96	4
WP Saha (IND)	2016-2021	5	7	3	214	61*	53.50	419	51.07	0	3	1	22	4
TW Jarvis (NZ)	1965-1965	2	4	1	160	77	53.33	-	-	0	1	0	27	0
MH Richardson (NZ)	2002-2003	4	7	1	316	145	52.66	852	37.08	1	1	0	37	0
SS Iyer (IND)	2021-2021	2	4	0	202	105	50.50	345	58.55	1	1	0	24	5
AH Jones (NZ)	1988-1990	6	10	2	401	170*	50.12	984	40.75	1	2	0	36	5
DJ Gandhi (IND)	1999-1999	3	5	1	200	88	50.00	527	37.95	0	2	1	27	1
JR Reid (NZ)	1955-1965	9	16	2	691	120	49.35	-	-	2	3	0	52+	10
M Prabhakar (IND)	1990-1995	6	9	2	345	95	49.28	915	37.70	0	2	0	32	1
GT Dowling (NZ)	1965-1969	11	22	2	964	239	48.20	-	-	3	2	2	61+	11
BK Kunderan (IND)	1965-1965	1	2	1	48	36	48.00	-	-	0	0	0	8	0
S Ramesh (IND)	1999-1999	3	6	0	287	110	47.83	631	45.48	1	2	1	34	0
GR Stead (NZ)	1999-1999	1	2	0	95	78	47.50	234	40.59	0	1	0	13	0
SC Ganguly (IND)	1998-2003	8	15	3	563	125	46.91	954	59.01	3	2	1	69	11
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1990-2012	24	39	5	1595	217	46.91	2997	53.21	4	8	1	212	6
A Chopra (IND)	2003-2003	2	4	0	185	60	46.25	496	37.29	0	2	0	20	0
Washington Sundar (IND)	2024-2024	2	4	2	89	38*	44.50	129	68.99	0	0	0	8	3
V Sehwag (IND)	2002-2012	12	21	1	883	173	44.15	1059	83.38	2	3	0	131	10
AM Rahane (IND)	2014-2021	9	17	1	703	188	43.93	1447	48.58	2	1	0	85	5
IDS Smith (NZ)	1981-1990	9	12	2	439	173	43.90	569	77.15	1	2	1	60	3
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1976-1981	9	16	1	651	119	43.40	351+	35.89	2	3	0	43+	3
NJ Astle (NZ)	1998-2003	8	13	2	476	103	43.27	1186	40.13	1	3	2	56	2
AD Gaekwad (IND)	1976-1976	3	5	1	173	77*	43.25	-	-	0	1	1	14+	0
MA Agarwal (IND)	2020-2021	4	8	0	344	150	43.00	700	49.14	1	2	0	44	6
RG Twose (NZ)	1995-1999	3	3	0	127	87	42.33	460	27.60	0	1	0	15	0
AR Kapoor (IND)	1995-1995	1	1	0	42	42	42.00	52	80.76	0	0	0	3	2
WA Young (NZ)	2021-2024	5	10	1	359	89	39.88	730	49.17	0	3	0	42	4
CA Pujara (IND)	2012-2021	12	23	1	867	159	39.40	2061	42.06	2	4	1	108	3
P Bhandari (IND)	1955-1955	1	1	0	39	39	39.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
GR Viswanath (IND)	1976-1981	9	17	2	585	103*	39.00	236+	27.11	1	4	2	53+	3
GM Turner (NZ)	1969-1976	9	16	1	583	117	38.86	-	-	2	3	0	45+	0
S Dhawan (IND)	2014-2016	3	6	0	233	115	38.83	393	59.28	1	1	1	30	2
JG Leggat (NZ)	1955-1956	3	6	1	194	61	38.80	-	-	0	2	0	-	0
R Ravindra (NZ)	2021-2024	5	10	2	309	134	38.62	515	60.00	1	1	0	34	5
V Kohli (IND)	2012-2024	14	27	2	959	211	38.36	1779	53.90	3	4	2	116	4
AL Wadekar (IND)	1968-1969	7	14	1	495	143	38.07	-	-	1	2	0	40+	0
KS Williamson (NZ)	2010-2021	13	24	1	871	131	37.86	1997	43.61	2	5	1	93	2
L Vincent (NZ)	2002-2003	4	7	1	225	106	37.50	589	38.20	1	1	0	29	2
DP Conway (NZ)	2021-2024	4	8	0	300	91	37.50	568	52.81	0	3	0	40	3
SM Patil (IND)	1981-1981	3	5	0	186	64	37.20	295	63.05	0	2	0	30	1
RW Morgan (NZ)	1965-1965	4	7	0	260	82	37.14	-	-	0	2	0	39	0
M Amarnath (IND)	1976-1976	6	11	0	407	70	37.00	-	-	0	3	0	19+	2
RMH Binny (IND)	1981-1981	1	2	1	37	26*	37.00	104	35.57	0	0	0	4	0
NS Sidhu (IND)	1988-1999	9	14	1	479	116	36.84	986	48.58	1	2	1	41	9
RG Sharma (IND)	2014-2024	9	17	3	515	82	36.78	928	55.49	0	5	2	59	7
SMH Kirmani (IND)	1976-1981	9	13	2	400	88	36.36	321+	34.89	0	3	0	35+	0
NJ Contractor (IND)	1955-1956	4	4	0	145	62	36.25	0+	0.00	0	2	0	0+	0
WV Raman (IND)	1988-1990	4	6	1	179	96	35.80	391	45.78	0	2	2	23	1
MD Crowe (NZ)	1990-1995	6	6	0	211	113	35.16	371	56.87	1	0	0	31	1
MAK Pataudi (IND)	1965-1969	11	19	0	666	153	35.05	-	-	2	3	1	85+	3
Hanumant Singh (IND)	1965-1969	5	8	2	209	82	34.83	-	-	0	2	2	35	1
JW Guy (NZ)	1955-1956	5	10	1	313	102	34.77	-	-	1	2	1	13+	0
RF Surti (IND)	1965-1969	7	14	3	380	99	34.54	-	-	0	2	1	24+	0
JM Parker (NZ)	1976-1976	6	10	0	345	104	34.50	-	-	1	1	0	6+	0
CL Cairns (NZ)	1995-1999	8	12	1	377	126	34.27	829	45.47	1	3	0	44	9
DL Vettori (NZ)	1998-2010	15	21	4	581	118	34.17	1073	54.14	1	3	2	59	7
J Srinath (IND)	1994-1999	9	10	4	204	76	34.00	397	51.38	0	1	2	26	2
CM Spearman (NZ)	1999-1999	3	6	1	170	54*	34.00	511	33.26	0	2	0	22	0
L Ronchi (NZ)	2016-2016	3	6	0	200	80	33.33	339	58.99	0	1	1	25	2
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	1998-2010	13	16	2	459	115	32.78	662	69.33	2	2	2	43	17
SP Fleming (NZ)	1994-2003	13	20	1	620	92	32.63	1522	40.73	0	3	1	74	2
RG Nadkarni (IND)	1955-1968	9	10	2	261	75	32.62	-	-	0	2	1	11+	1
Shubman Gill (IND)	2021-2024	5	10	0	324	90	32.40	592	54.72	0	2	0	32	5
S Amarnath (IND)	1976-1976	3	6	0	194	124	32.33	-	-	1	0	0	4+	1
DJ Mitchell (NZ)	2021-2024	4	7	0	225	82	32.14	402	55.97	0	2	0	15	6
YBK Jaiswal (IND)	2024-2024	3	6	0	190	77	31.66	308	61.68	0	1	0	24	3
K Thomson (NZ)	1968-1968	2	4	1	94	69	31.33	-	-	0	1	1	5+	1
BP Patel (IND)	1976-1976	6	10	1	281	82	31.22	-	-	0	2	0	13+	5
MJ Greatbatch (NZ)	1988-1995	10	14	1	404	90*	31.07	1070	37.75	0	2	0	38	1
BE Congdon (NZ)	1965-1976	13	24	1	713	78	31.00	-	-	0	9	1	55+	7
FM Engineer (IND)	1965-1969	10	19	0	584	90	30.73	-	-	0	3	0	51+	1
LRPL Taylor (NZ)	2009-2021	17	31	2	890	151	30.68	1584	56.18	3	1	2	117	6
SB Styris (NZ)	2002-2003	4	6	0	183	119	30.50	412	44.41	1	0	2	19	2
RR Pant (IND)	2020-2024	6	12	0	366	99	30.50	524	69.84	0	3	1	42	9
LK Germon (NZ)	1995-1995	3	3	0	91	48	30.33	199	45.72	0	0	0	15	0
MG Burgess (NZ)	1968-1976	13	24	0	725	95	30.20	-	-	0	6	2	62+	5
TWM Latham (NZ)	2014-2024	12	24	1	692	95	30.08	1592	43.46	0	8	2	76	1
BA Young (NZ)	1994-1995	2	4	0	120	85	30.00	305	39.34	0	1	0	21	0

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

New Zealand vs West Indies at Mount Maunganui, West Indies in New Zealand 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2025 [Test # 2614]

West Indies vs New Zealand at Wellington, West Indies in New Zealand 2nd Test, Dec 10-12, 2025 [Test # 2612]

New Zealand vs West Indies at Christchurch, West Indies in New Zealand 1st Test, Dec 2-6, 2025 [Test # 2610]