Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Highest averages for India in Tests+ODIs+T20Is

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
RH Shodhan	1952-1953	3	4	1	181	110	60.33	-	-	1	0	0	15+	0
GK Khoda	1998-1998	2	2	0	115	89	57.50	185	62.16	0	1	0	11	0
C Ramaswami	1936-1936	2	4	1	170	60	56.66	-	-	0	1	0	-	1
V Kohli	2008-2026	559	626	91	28215	254*	52.73	35435	79.62	85	146	40	2772	322
ML Apte	1952-1953	7	13	2	542	163*	49.27	-	-	1	3	1	-	0
SR Tendulkar	1989-2013	664	782	74	34357	248*	48.52	50817+	67.58	100	164	34	4076+	264
VM Merchant	1933-1951	10	18	0	859	154	47.72	-	-	3	3	2	21+	0
VS Hazare	1946-1953	30	52	6	2192	164*	47.65	1192+	35.98	7	9	4	50+	1
SM Gavaskar	1971-1987	233	316	30	13214	236*	46.20	19150+	48.25	35	72	20	1142+	47+
YBK Jaiswal	2023-2025	55	79	5	3405	214*	46.01	4440	76.68	9	18	8	413	87
RS Modi	1946-1952	10	17	1	736	112	46.00	-	-	1	6	0	12+	0
R Dravid	1996-2012	504	599	71	24064	270	45.57	46332	51.93	48	145	20	2593	66
NT Tilak Varma	2023-2026	47	43	14	1301	120*	44.86	977	133.16	2	7	4	103	63
MS Dhoni	2004-2019	535	523	141	17092	224	44.74	21695	78.78	15	108	21	1469	352
Shubman Gill	2019-2026	137	170	20	6665	269	44.43	8232	80.96	19	28	8	750	135
Mandeep Singh	2016-2016	3	3	1	87	52*	43.50	73	119.17	0	1	0	11	1
AT Rayudu	2013-2019	61	55	15	1736	124*	43.40	2193	79.16	3	10	5	150	30
CA Pujara	2010-2023	108	181	11	7246	206*	42.62	16347	44.32	19	35	14	867	16
RG Sharma	2007-2026	508	541	66	20109	264	42.33	23023	87.34	50	111	34	1946	650
Dilawar Hussain	1934-1936	3	6	0	254	59	42.33	-	-	0	3	0	-	2
PR Umrigar	1948-1962	59	94	8	3631	223	42.22	1+	0.00	12	14	5	141+	4+
Yuvraj of Patiala	1934-1934	1	2	0	84	60	42.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
VVS Laxman	1996-2012	220	308	41	11119	281	41.64	21067	52.77	23	66	17	1357	9
SC Ganguly	1992-2008	421	485	40	18433	239	41.42	29305	62.90	38	106	29	2004	246
V Sehwag	1999-2013	363	431	15	16892	319	40.60	18272	92.44	38	70	31	2354	237
KL Rahul	2014-2026	233	272	33	9678	199	40.49	13153	73.58	21	62	17	935	205
SS Iyer	2017-2026	141	141	19	4892	128*	40.09	5118	95.58	6	36	7	458	133
M Azharuddin	1984-2000	433	455	63	15593	199	39.77	22561+	66.92	29	79	14	1342+	96+
S Dhawan	2010-2022	269	288	14	10867	190	39.66	12286	88.45	24	55	11	1349	141
DB Vengsarkar	1976-1992	245	305	41	10376	166	39.30	15989+	50.04	18	58	22	737+	41+
DN Sardesai	1961-1972	30	55	4	2001	212	39.23	745+	27.24	5	9	4	177+	2
VL Manjrekar	1951-1965	55	92	10	3208	189*	39.12	-	-	7	15	11	186+	0
KK Nair	2016-2025	12	17	1	625	303*	39.06	984	63.51	1	1	2	76	4
RK Singh	2023-2026	44	32	14	703	69*	39.05	459	153.15	0	3	1	59	39
NS Sidhu	1983-1999	187	205	10	7615	201	39.05	13464+	56.26	15	48	16	693+	82
GR Viswanath	1969-1983	116	178	11	6519	222	39.03	8403+	44.54	14	37	11	600+	6+
G Gambhir	2003-2016	242	283	18	10324	206	38.95	14994	68.85	20	63	20	1188	37
KM Jadhav	2014-2020	82	58	19	1511	120	38.74	1466	103.06	2	7	2	153	27
MK Pandey	2015-2021	68	57	24	1275	104*	38.63	1187	107.41	1	5	4	94	24
MA Agarwal	2018-2022	26	41	0	1574	243	38.39	2865	54.93	4	6	1	201	29
M Amarnath	1969-1989	154	188	22	6302	138	37.96	8446+	48.34	13	37	14	424+	30+
SN Khan	2024-2024	6	11	1	371	150	37.10	495	74.94	1	3	3	44	8
VG Kambli	1991-2000	121	118	22	3561	227	37.09	5266	67.62	6	17	7	311	26
KH Pandya	2018-2021	24	14	7	254	58*	36.28	223	113.90	0	1	0	19	8
Abhishek Sharma	2024-2026	39	38	2	1297	135	36.02	667	194.45	2	8	4	123	88
A Jadeja	1992-2000	211	203	38	5935	119	35.96	9141	64.92	6	34	11	428	88
AM Rahane	2011-2023	195	251	17	8414	188	35.95	14354	58.61	15	51	18	903	74
RD Gaikwad	2021-2025	32	28	4	861	123*	35.87	695	123.88	2	5	1	93	26
CG Borde	1958-1969	55	97	11	3061	177*	35.59	238+	29.41	5	18	13	270+	1+
P Roy	1982-1982	2	3	1	71	60*	35.50	230	30.86	0	1	0	11	0
PP Shaw	2018-2021	12	16	1	528	134	35.20	561	94.11	1	2	2	80	4
SV Manjrekar	1987-1996	111	131	16	4037	218	35.10	8383	48.15	5	24	6	319	11
Ishan Kishan	2021-2026	67	65	5	2103	210	35.05	1777	118.34	2	16	2	211	94
Joginder Sharma	2004-2007	8	3	2	35	29*	35.00	30	116.66	0	0	0	5	0
Yuvraj Singh	2000-2017	399	388	54	11686	169	34.98	13986	83.55	17	71	26	1233	249
RR Pant	2017-2025	156	179	20	5556	159*	34.94	6452	86.11	9	26	10	574	164
MAK Pataudi	1961-1975	46	83	3	2793	203*	34.91	1772+	35.72	6	16	7	315+	19
M Vijay	2008-2018	87	130	1	4490	167	34.80	9261	48.48	12	16	9	513	44
SA Yadav	2021-2026	144	136	22	3907	117	34.27	2649	147.48	4	29	9	367	193
S Ramesh	1999-2001	43	61	2	2013	143	34.11	4030	49.95	2	14	6	229	1
RA Jadeja	2009-2026	373	316	95	7515	175*	34.00	11190	67.15	6	41	17	647	151
GH Vihari	2018-2022	16	28	3	839	111	33.56	1988	42.20	1	5	1	107	2
SS Das	2000-2002	27	44	3	1365	110	33.29	3484	39.17	2	9	3	182	2
W Jaffer	2000-2008	33	60	1	1954	212	33.11	4068	48.03	5	11	7	274	3
B Sai Sudharsan	2023-2025	10	14	1	429	87	33.00	922	46.52	0	4	2	55	1
SK Raina	2005-2018	322	291	48	7988	120	32.87	8640	92.45	7	48	25	721	182
BK Kunderan	1960-1967	18	34	4	981	192	32.70	335+	30.44	2	3	1	139+	2
P Roy	1951-1960	43	79	4	2442	173	32.56	1+	0.00	5	9	14	59+	1+
PL Mhambrey	1996-1998	5	4	2	65	28	32.50	116	56.03	0	0	0	9	0
RJ Shastri	1981-1992	230	249	35	6938	206	32.42	12529+	46.70	15	30	14	509+	47+
DG Phadkar	1947-1959	31	45	7	1229	123	32.34	765+	41.04	2	8	3	35+	4
S Mushtaq Ali	1934-1952	11	20	1	612	112	32.21	-	-	2	3	1	-	0
M Kaif	2000-2006	138	132	27	3377	148*	32.16	5370	62.88	3	20	9	292	11
DL Chahar	2018-2023	38	16	8	256	69*	32.00	235	108.93	0	2	2	21	12
NA Saini	2019-2021	21	11	7	127	45	31.75	175	72.57	0	0	0	12	3
NJ Contractor	1955-1962	31	52	1	1611	108	31.58	0+	0.00	1	11	2	48+	2+
Yashpal Sharma	1978-1985	79	99	20	2489	140	31.50	5019+	42.69	2	13	4	192+	17+
MH Mankad	1946-1959	44	72	5	2109	231	31.47	770+	39.74	5	6	7	70+	7+
FM Engineer	1961-1975	51	91	4	2725	121	31.32	2096+	57.10	2	17	7	267+	2
AL Wadekar	1966-1974	39	73	3	2186	143	31.22	2513+	43.17	1	15	7	201+	2
Hanumant Singh	1964-1969	14	24	2	686	105	31.18	288+	35.76	1	5	3	97	2
HR Adhikari	1947-1959	21	36	8	872	114*	31.14	600+	26.00	1	4	5	18+	1
S Amarnath	1976-1978	13	21	0	650	124	30.95	438+	63.92	1	4	1	30+	1+
SM Patil	1980-1986	74	89	5	2593	174	30.86	3326+	69.66	4	16	8	258+	21+
ML Jaisimha	1959-1971	39	71	4	2056	129	30.68	118+	11.01	3	12	9	187+	12
CPS Chauhan	1969-1981	47	75	2	2237	97	30.64	4160+	38.05	0	16	6	211+	1+
HH Pandya	2016-2026	236	188	38	4564	108	30.42	3904	116.90	1	23	9	369	203
HK Badani	2000-2004	44	43	11	961	100	30.03	1428	67.29	1	4	1	79	11
BP Patel	1974-1979	31	47	6	1215	115*	29.63	1193+	49.03	1	6	0	108+	10+
V Shankar	2018-2019	21	12	1	324	46	29.45	319	101.56	0	0	0	31	9
DC Jurel	2024-2025	13	18	2	471	125	29.43	846	55.67	1	1	1	48	10
K Srikkanth	1981-1992	189	217	7	6153	123	29.30	8399+	68.63	6	39	18	626+	60+
K Nitish Kumar Reddy	2024-2026	18	23	3	586	114	29.30	840	69.76	1	2	3	47	23
SV Samson	2015-2026	74	64	9	1610	111	29.27	1251	128.69	4	6	7	123	85
IR Siddiqui	2001-2001	1	2	1	29	24	29.00	30	96.66	0	0	0	3	1
DJ Hooda	2022-2023	31	24	6	521	104	28.94	439	118.67	1	0	2	39	19
RF Surti	1960-1969	26	48	4	1263	99	28.70	562+	28.64	0	9	5	84+	2
AD Gaekwad	1974-1987	55	84	5	2254	201	28.53	1802+	42.17	2	11	6	119+	0+
AO Malhotra	1982-1986	27	29	5	683	72*	28.45	789+	65.90	0	2	2	37+	1+
WP Saha	2010-2021	49	61	12	1394	117	28.44	3029	46.02	3	6	6	134	14

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India vs Namibia at Delhi, ICC Men's T20 World Cup 18th Match, Group A, Feb 12, 2026 [T20I # 3703]

India vs United States of America at Wankhede, ICC Men's T20 World Cup 3rd Match, Group A, Feb 7, 2026 [T20I # 3686]

India vs New Zealand at Thiruvananthapuram, New Zealand in India 5th T20I, Jan 31, 2026 [T20I # 3679]