zen 11,414 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 (edited) Top 3 best batting performances in a test series (full series, not an inning) by Ind batsmen that I have seen and which resulted in series wins: Pujara in Aus 2018/9: Enough has been written about it. My favorite is the 100 in the first test at Adelaide where he was the 9th or 10 wkt down. Rate it at the top as it made Ind win its first ever test series in Aus (after decades and decades of waiting). The bowling attack and conditions were relatively tough too VVS v Aus 2001: 281 is probably the best inning ever played in the subcon. Helped Ind win in the next test as well. An inform VVS's was probably the best batting I have seen from an Ind batsman. Too bad that he could not leverage on his great form (for e.g. threw his wkt away many times in that period) Sehwag in Pak 2004: Oh boy! High SR batting at its best. A demolition job. There used to be a pic of Sami bowling with a helmet on Which one is your favorite? Edited March 27 by zen Link to post
Vijy 2,625 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 amarnath in 1983 and then everyone else. he withstood some of the greatest pace attacks of all time (and very shoddy umpiring too). Adamant 1 Link to post
zen 11,414 Posted March 27 Author Share Posted March 27 (edited) 1 hour ago, Vijy said: amarnath in 1983 and then everyone else. he withstood some of the greatest pace attacks of all time (and very shoddy umpiring too). Did you follow that performance in 83? As we are only discussing the ones we followed and where Ind won the series. Outside of that, Sehwag in SL was good too but Ind lost that series as well Edited March 27 by zen Link to post
Global.Baba 8,716 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 (edited) I am usually a big fan of series where it was one batsman vs the entire opposition instead of 1 batsman standing out in a series with collective performances. Nothing to take away by some individual knocks played by the batsmen mentioned in the OP though like Gavaskar vs Wi or Pak but since it is the ones I watched. These might have been losses but seeing only 1 man stand up and fighting might have inspired future generations For eg; Sachin vs SA in 1996 Sachin vs Pak in 1999 Sachin vs Australia in 1999 Rohit Sharma vs England 2021 Dravid vs England 2011 Edited March 28 by Global.Baba Cricspin 1 Link to post
zen 11,414 Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 (edited) 1 hour ago, Global.Baba said: For eg; Sachin vs SA in 1996 Sachin vs Pak in 1999 If you want to list a full series of Tendulkar, the series v Aus in 1998 is a good option! In those two series that you listed, Tendulkar had like only 1 good inning per series. In SA, Ind was bowled out for 100 & 66. Against Pak in 199, again only 1 good inning, along with the first ball duck v Akthar in the Asian Championship Test (3rd test in a row but not part of the series) listing those over performances where players played out of the world cricket throughout the series is laughable at best PS in SA 1996 1st test 15 & 4 2nd test 169 & 9 3rd test 35 & 9 v Pak 1999 1st test 0 & 136 2nd test 16 & 29 Asian Test Championship 0 & 9 ^ the above can only be counted as 1 good inning per series (includes 6 single digit scores over the two series (50%) and that too by a key batsman!), therefore out of scope Edited March 28 by zen Link to post
kohli 316 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Sachin vs aus 1998 sachin vs aus 2010( goat series) dravid vs eng 2002 dravid vs aus 2004 kohli vs aus 2014 adi B 1 Link to post
SK_IH 9,509 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 (edited) Pant against Australia last series. We just witnessed something big but it ll only be talked about after 10-15 more years have passed by. The guy top scored for India in a series where batting generally wasn't easy, despite playing one less test match. That's akin to a classic Gilly performance. Pujara definitely in 2018-19. Consistency contributing to a series win is hard to ignore Sachin against SA, 2010-11. Sehwag in 2005 against Pakistan. Dravid against England in 2002 Laxman against Australia in 2003-04 Edited March 28 by SK_IH Ankit_sharma03 and adi B 2 Link to post
Stan AF 4,928 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Sachin 111 vs SA 1st test 2010 Sachin 146 vs SA, 3rd test 2011 Link to post
adi B 6,372 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Laxman vs aus in 2003 Dravid in england 2002 Sehwag vs pak anytime lol Kohli in aus 2014 Sachin vs saf 2010 Dada vs pak in 2007 Dravid vs pak 2005 Pujara vs aus 2018 Kohli vs england 2016 Sachin vs west indies 2002 Stan AF and Laaloo 2 Link to post
Serpico 1,242 Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 Sehwag against SL when they toured india in 2009. He made batting look so easy! India became no.1 test team after that series Link to post
Stan AF 4,928 Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 Sachin, ganguly and dravid against england in 1996 Sachin had 113 & 177 Ganguly 2 100s dravid 95 On 3/28/2021 at 11:23 AM, adi B said: Laxman vs aus in 2003 Dravid in england 2002 Sehwag vs pak anytime lol Kohli in aus 2014 Sachin vs saf 2010 Dada vs pak in 2007 Dravid vs pak 2005 Pujara vs aus 2018 Kohli vs england 2016 Sachin vs west indies 2002 Link to post
Jimmy Cliff 7,150 Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 Vishy vs WI 1974-75 Vengsarkar vs England 1986 SRT vs Australia 1998 Laxman vs Australia 2001 Sehwag vs SL 2009 SRT vs Australia 2010 Kohli vs England 2016 KL Rahul vs Australia 2017 Pujara vs Australia 2018 RGS vs South Africa 2019 All dominant performances helping the team win multiple Tests in the series . Link to post
kohli 316 Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 Sachin , dravid & ganguly was superb against eng in 2002 also dravid had 3 100s sachin had 1 100 & 1 ( 92) ganguly had 1 100 & 1 ( 99) Stan AF 1 Link to post
Jay 445 Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 Actually pant vs Australia Gabba. Best of all. Then puji vs 2018 vs Adelaide. Link to post
Adamant 468 Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 Amongst these three, it's definitely Pujara 2018 Amarnath in WI is definitely the greatest performance by an Indian batsman. Link to post
