Indian Batsmen With Most Runs: India ventured into Test cricket for the first time in 1932, with a one-off Test match in England. It’s been over 90 years since then, and India have been a regular visitor to England.
India have played 20 Test series in England and have won three of them. The crafty Indian batsmen have stood up against the England bowling attack and the English conditions, but usually they have been waging lone battles across a series.
The English conditions have proven to be a tough nut to crack for the Indian batsmen, who are more accustomed to the spin-friendly surfaces in India. As a result, only three times has an Indian batsman managed over 500 runs in a Test series in England so far.
Top 5 Indian Batsmen With Most Runs In A Single Test Series In England:
5. Sachin Tendulkar – 428 runs (1996)
A young Sachin Tendulkar amassed 428 runs at an average of 85 on the 1996 tour of England. In five innings across three Tests, Tendulkar hit two centuries and one fifty, returning with a highest score of 177.
India, however, lost the series 1-0.
4. Rahul Dravid – 461 runs (2011)
On what was his last Test tour of England in 2011, Rahul Dravid stood apart from the other Indian batsmen as India lost the series 4-0. While other batsmen could barely stand for more than a session, Dravid scored 461 runs in the series at an average of 76.
Dravid notched up three centuries in four Tests on the tour, but India couldn’t avoid losing any of them.
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3. Sunil Gavaskar – 542 runs (1979)
Sunil Gavaskar attained great heights of batting on the 1979 tour of England, where in four Tests (seven innings), he ransacked 542 runs at an average of 77.
The legendary opener raised one century, which he converted into a double century, and four half-centuries in that series. India, still, lost the series 1-0.
2. Virat Kohli – 593 runs (2018)
In 2018, Virat Kohli, now at his peak, had one of the most iconic Test series a batsman has had in England. He successfully managed to bury the ghosts of the disastrous 2014 series by plundering 593 runs, fighting mostly a lone battle for his team.
Kohli hit two centuries and three fifties in the 2018 Test series in England, which the hosts won 4-1.
1. Rahul Dravid – 602 runs (2002)
Rahul Dravid holds the record for the most runs by an Indian batsman in a Test series in England for his feat of 602 runs on the 2002 tour.
Dravid’s epic series included four centuries, including a double hundred, and a fifty. He averaged a whopping 100.33 in the four-match Test series that ended 1-1 drawn.
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