A Sign Of Worry? No Indian Among Top 10 In Test Batting Average Since 2020

No Indian batsman has made into the Top 10 list of batsman with highest batting average in Tests since 2020, with Virat and Rohit being the noticeable miss-outs.

India's captain Rohit Sharma (R) walks back to the pavilion after his dismissal past his teammate Virat Kohli

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India recently concluded their 5-match Test series against England by playing the rescheduled 5^th Test earlier this month, which England won by 7 wickets. The series ended 2-2, and captains Ben Stokes and Jasprit Bumrah shared the trophy. The series was amazing for the fast bowlers as their skill set was on display, but on the other hand, the conversion rate of Indian top order batsmen was abysmal as the whole Indian line-up merely managed just 4 centuries in 10 innings of the test match.

Kohli’s poor form and Cheteshwar Pujara’s consistent barren run didn’t see any change in this series as the latest stats show signs of concern as World Test Championship reaches its halfway.

Since 2020, the following are the batsman with the highest batting average in Test (with a minimum of 20 innings):

Name	Innings	Runs	Average
Joe Root (Eng)	60	3099	57.38
Mushfiqur Rahim (Ban)	22	1025	56.94
Angelo Mathews (SL)	24	1163	55.38
Babar Azam (Pak)	25	1263	54.91
Marnus Labuschagne (Aus)	27	1354	52.07
Dimuth Karunaratne (SL)	32	1501	50.03
Jonny Bairstow (Eng)	33	1385	47.75
Liton Das (Ban)	29	1368	47.17
Dinesh Chandimal (SL)	24	895	47.10
Steve Smith (Aus)	24	997	45.31

The list comes as an alarming sign for the Indian team as no Indian batsman is there on the list, with the biggest absentee being the talisman and stalwart, Virat Kohli. Here are the batting averages of the Top Indian batsmen in Tests since 2020:

Name	Innings	Runs	Average
Rohit Sharma	24	996	45.27
Rishabh Pant	32	1369	42.78
Shubman Gill	21	579	30.47
Virat Kohli	32	872	27.25
Cheteshwar Pujara	40	1052	26.97
Ajinkya Rahane	35	819	24.08

The Indian team will next be in action on the tour of West Indies with three ODI's and fiveT20I's as India takes on West Indies in the first ODI at Port of Spain, Trinidad, on July 22, Friday.

Team India will not be in action in the Tests until the end of November as they prepare for the upcoming World Cup T20I to be played in Australia.