India recently concluded their 5-match Test series against England by playing the rescheduled 5th 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.