Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Highest averages For Border-Gavaskar Trophy

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
ML Hayden (AUS)	2001-2008	18	35	3	1888	203	59.00	2864	65.92	6	8	2	214	24
SPD Smith (AUS)	2013-2025	23	44	6	2201	192	57.92	4145	53.10	10	5	3	235	14
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1996-2013	34	65	7	3262	241*	56.24	5493	59.38	9	16	4	391	25
RT Ponting (AUS)	1996-2012	29	51	4	2555	257	54.36	4428	57.70	8	12	4	278	4
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2004-2014	22	40	2	2049	329*	53.92	3622	56.57	7	6	2	227	14
CA Pujara (IND)	2010-2023	24	43	3	2033	204	50.82	4831	42.08	5	11	4	221	4
DR Martyn (AUS)	2003-2004	8	15	1	698	114	49.85	1380	50.57	2	3	1	74	4
VVS Laxman (IND)	1998-2012	29	54	5	2434	281	49.67	4480	54.33	6	12	3	338	0
MEK Hussey (AUS)	2007-2012	14	24	2	1078	150*	49.00	2239	48.14	3	4	2	106	2
SR Waugh (AUS)	1996-2004	13	23	2	1005	150	47.85	2283	44.02	2	5	2	127	2
SM Katich (AUS)	2003-2010	14	26	3	1088	125	47.30	2091	52.03	2	6	0	128	1
M Vijay (IND)	2008-2018	15	28	0	1324	167	47.28	2717	48.73	4	6	2	156	15
RR Pant (IND)	2018-2025	12	21	2	879	159*	46.26	1297	67.77	1	3	0	85	15
V Kohli (IND)	2011-2025	29	51	2	2169	186	44.26	4183	51.85	9	5	3	233	7
CJL Rogers (AUS)	2008-2015	5	10	0	436	95	43.60	716	60.89	0	6	0	60	0
NR Mongia (IND)	1996-2001	6	11	3	348	152	43.50	795	43.77	1	1	1	42	2
YBK Jaiswal (IND)	2024-2025	5	10	1	391	161	43.44	732	53.41	1	2	2	44	4
TM Head (AUS)	2018-2025	14	25	2	982	152	42.69	1538	63.84	2	4	1	108	9
V Sehwag (IND)	2003-2013	22	43	1	1738	195	41.38	2311	75.20	3	9	3	230	11
ME Waugh (AUS)	1996-2001	10	18	3	615	153*	41.00	1290	47.67	1	4	3	61	7
JL Langer (AUS)	1999-2004	14	26	0	1047	223	40.26	1804	58.03	3	4	3	139	8
R Dravid (IND)	1996-2012	32	60	6	2143	233	39.68	5432	39.45	2	13	3	266	4
M Labuschagne (AUS)	2019-2025	14	26	2	940	108	39.16	2112	44.50	1	6	0	107	0
Shubman Gill (IND)	2020-2025	8	14	1	506	128	38.92	858	58.97	1	2	0	63	3
AM Rahane (IND)	2013-2021	17	32	3	1090	147	37.58	2093	52.07	2	5	2	117	9
G Gambhir (IND)	2004-2012	9	18	0	673	206	37.38	1418	47.46	2	2	2	78	2
MS Dhoni (IND)	2007-2014	19	33	5	990	224	35.35	1642	60.29	1	5	2	102	16
SC Ganguly (IND)	1996-2008	24	44	4	1403	144	35.07	2668	52.58	2	7	2	162	6
TD Paine (AUS)	2010-2021	10	18	2	561	92	35.06	1217	46.09	0	4	0	71	0
EJM Cowan (AUS)	2011-2013	8	14	0	471	86	33.64	1138	41.38	0	3	0	59	1
MS Harris (AUS)	2018-2021	5	10	1	301	79	33.44	602	50.00	0	2	0	37	0
KL Rahul (IND)	2014-2025	16	29	2	894	110	33.11	1781	50.19	1	8	2	101	5
DA Warner (AUS)	2011-2023	20	37	0	1174	180	31.72	1741	67.43	4	3	2	146	10
PA Patel (IND)	2003-2004	7	11	1	316	62	31.60	651	48.54	0	2	1	48	0
SR Watson (AUS)	2008-2015	13	25	0	778	126	31.12	1643	47.35	1	5	1	92	5
UT Khawaja (AUS)	2018-2025	13	25	2	715	180	31.08	1690	42.30	1	4	1	77	2
RA Jadeja (IND)	2013-2025	19	26	3	657	81	28.56	1359	48.34	0	6	0	69	10
RG Sharma (IND)	2014-2024	14	25	1	681	120	28.37	1381	49.31	1	3	1	67	15
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	1999-2008	18	31	2	809	122	27.89	1052	76.90	2	3	4	92	10
MJ Slater (AUS)	1996-2001	10	19	1	495	91	27.50	926	53.45	0	2	3	65	7
BJ Haddin (AUS)	2008-2015	13	22	6	429	55	26.81	903	47.50	0	1	2	41	8
PSP Handscomb (AUS)	2017-2023	11	19	2	448	72*	26.35	1126	39.78	0	2	1	55	0
S Ramesh (IND)	1999-2001	5	10	1	222	61	24.66	475	46.73	0	1	1	25	0
MS Wade (AUS)	2013-2021	11	22	2	482	62	24.10	1130	42.65	0	2	2	55	2
MG Johnson (AUS)	2007-2014	14	22	6	376	88	23.50	617	60.94	0	2	2	48	8
MA Starc (AUS)	2012-2025	22	33	6	632	99	23.40	1123	56.27	0	3	0	59	10
WP Saha (IND)	2012-2020	8	14	1	298	117	22.92	736	40.48	1	0	2	21	4
SE Marsh (AUS)	2011-2019	15	27	0	605	99	22.40	1515	39.93	0	5	4	68	4
MT Renshaw (AUS)	2017-2023	6	11	0	236	68	21.45	622	37.94	0	2	1	31	2
A Kumble (IND)	1996-2008	20	30	6	512	87	21.33	1289	39.72	0	1	2	59	1
AT Carey (AUS)	2023-2025	9	14	1	272	70	20.92	378	71.95	0	1	2	28	3
GH Vihari (IND)	2018-2021	6	10	1	183	42	20.33	640	28.59	0	0	0	21	0
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	1998-2013	18	29	6	410	63	17.82	790	51.89	0	4	6	47	2
JN Gillespie (AUS)	2001-2004	10	17	4	230	48*	17.69	813	28.29	0	0	2	33	0
GS Blewett (AUS)	1998-2000	6	11	0	192	88	17.45	597	32.16	0	1	1	13	0
R Ashwin (IND)	2011-2024	23	36	3	572	62	17.33	1148	49.82	0	2	2	66	3
PJ Cummins (AUS)	2017-2025	17	28	1	456	63	16.88	1086	41.98	0	1	4	45	7
A Chopra (IND)	2003-2004	6	12	0	201	48	16.75	612	32.84	0	0	1	22	0
PM Siddle (AUS)	2008-2014	10	14	1	216	51	16.61	529	40.83	0	2	3	22	1
SK Warne (AUS)	1998-2004	12	18	0	281	86	15.61	474	59.28	0	1	5	35	6
MR Marsh (AUS)	2014-2024	9	17	1	238	47	14.87	490	48.57	0	0	2	25	7
B Lee (AUS)	1999-2008	12	16	3	192	59	14.76	516	37.20	0	1	5	22	0
Mohammed Shami (IND)	2014-2023	11	14	5	113	37	12.55	168	67.26	0	0	3	10	5
Z Khan (IND)	2001-2012	19	32	8	296	57*	12.33	517	57.25	0	1	7	39	5
JR Hazlewood (AUS)	2014-2024	17	26	14	143	32*	11.91	354	40.39	0	0	5	21	0
NM Lyon (AUS)	2011-2025	31	46	10	419	41	11.63	955	43.87	0	0	8	46	4
MS Kasprowicz (AUS)	1998-2004	9	16	3	145	25	11.15	390	37.17	0	0	1	16	0
GD McGrath (AUS)	1996-2004	11	16	7	85	21*	9.44	173	49.13	0	0	3	10	0
UT Yadav (IND)	2011-2023	16	26	10	136	30	8.50	325	41.84	0	0	4	14	5
AB Agarkar (IND)	1999-2004	9	16	2	104	44*	7.42	255	40.78	0	0	8	16	0
I Sharma (IND)	2008-2018	25	39	13	179	31	6.88	663	26.99	0	0	12	24	0
Mohammed Siraj (IND)	2020-2025	11	15	7	44	13	5.50	122	36.06	0	0	3	5	0
JJ Bumrah (IND)	2018-2025	12	16	5	52	22	4.72	134	38.80	0	0	7	5	3

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Minimum of 10 innings

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India vs Australia at Sydney, Australia vs India 5th Test, Jan 3-5, 2025 [Test # 2575]

Australia vs India at Melbourne, Australia vs India 4th Test, Dec 26-30, 2024 [Test # 2571]

Australia vs India at Brisbane, Australia vs India 3rd Test, Dec 14-18, 2024 [Test # 2570]